Traveling Wilburys - Tweeter And The Monkey Man

Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man

Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam
And found out the hard way nobody gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom just across the Jersey Line
So they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99

(Chorus)
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell

The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen to a rackateer named Bill
She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill

It was out on thunder road - Tweeter at the wheel
They crashed into paradise - they could hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up and said "Everyone of you's a liar
If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire

(Chorus)

An ambulance rolled up - a state trooper close behind
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory

Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit
He was taking the whole thing personal
He didn't care about the loot
Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taught
In Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught

(Chorus)

Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas
The undercover cop had cornered them said "Boy, you didn't
think that this could last"
Jan jumped out of bed said "There's someplace I gotta go"
She took a gun out of the drawer and said "It's best if you don't know"

The undercover cop was found face down in a field
The monkey man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the Monkey Man "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl
I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl"

(Chorus)

Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den
The TV set been blown up, every bit of it is gone
Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on

I guess I'll to to Florida and get myself some sun
There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done
Sometime I think of Tweeter, sometime I think of Jan
Sometime I don't think about nothing but the Monkey Man

(Chorus)

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[542katana]

if bieber turned up at the studio dylan would have kicked the sorry little fuckers ass out the door

[rudeger66]

I cannot tell you how sick I am of comparisons between this band, (and other good bands and artists), and Lady Gaga & Justin Beiber! It's all just differences in tastes. I can see how some narrow-minded ppl prefer music label-created, bubble-gum pop sounding music. I can. I, personally, do not, but they DO exist. I agree that this, to me, IS better, but some ppl have very little appreciation for music created, with heart and soul, by ACTUAL artists and true geniuses!

[SlaughterMeister]

I knew The Headstones didn't have this kind of talent...

[FightForUtopia]

I woke up with for some reason this song in my head. So, I turned on the computer and here I am! God, I love the internet. Better than radio! I spent my first 35 years wishing for the internet and the last 12 digging the hell out of it. I should be over it by now, but I'm not. The fricking Travekling Wilburys right here at my fingertips... how awesome is that?!

[pipnight]

worlds first and best (IMO) super band.u just cant beet them!

[waldogheadify]

@moonmanofthemist1 This was musics greatest ever collaberation of talent.

[fedorafree]

This was new ground ... there is no comparison in the music world that could ever make such perfect sense ...

[Oreganostick]

Anyone want to tell my why the fuck i hear this song by the headstones on the radio every day? This version kicks so much more ass

[DrLangMusic]

@542katana Best bieb comment ever! HAHA!

[moonmanofthemist1]

...close as any band can get to the Beatles...can u dig it?...