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Tweeter and the |
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Monkey Man were hardup for cash |
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They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash |
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To an undercover cop who had a sister named |
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JanFor reasons unexplained she loved the |
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Monkey Man |
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Tweeter was a boy scout course he went to |
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VietnamAnd found out the hard way, nobody gives a damn |
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They knew that they found freedom just across the |
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Jersey line |
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So they hopped into a stolen car, took |
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Highway 99 |
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And the walls came down |
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All the way to hell |
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Never saw them when they're standing |
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Never saw them when they fell |
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The undercover cop never liked the |
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Monkey Man |
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Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can |
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Jan got married at fourteen to a racketeer named |
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BillShe made secret calls to the |
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Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill |
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It was out on |
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Thunder Road, |
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Tweeter at the wheel |
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They crashed into paradise, they could hear them tires squeal |
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The undercover cop pulled up and said "Everyone of you is a liarIf you don't surrender now, it's gonna go down to the wire" |
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And the walls came down |
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All the way to hell |
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Never saw them when they're standing |
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Never saw them when they fell |
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An ambulance rolled up, a |
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State-Trooper close behind |
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Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind |
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The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree |
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Near the souvenir stand, by the old abandoned factory |
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Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit |
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He was taking the whole thing personal, he didn't care about the loot |
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Jan had told him many times, "It was you to me who taughtIn Jersey anything's legal, as long as you don't get caught" |
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And the walls came down |
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All the way to hell |
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Never saw them when they're standing |
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Never saw them when they fell |
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Some place by |
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Rahwey Prison they ran out of gas |
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The undercover cop had cornered them, said"Boy, you didn't think this could last?" |
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Jan jumped out of bed, said, "There's someplace I gotta go" |
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She took the gun out of the drawer, said, "It's best that you don't know" |
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The undercover cop was found face down in a field |
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The Monkey |
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Man was on the river bridge using |
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Tweeter as a shield |
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Jan said to the |
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Monkey Man, "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curlI knew him long before he ever became a Jersey Girl" |
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And the walls came down |
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All the way to hell |
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Never saw them when they're standing |
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Never saw them when they fell |
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Now the town of |
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Jersey City is quieting down again |
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I'm sitting in a gambling club called the |
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Lion's Den |
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The TV set was blown up, every bit of it was gone |
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Ever since the nightly news showed that the |
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Monkey Man was on |
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I guess I'll go to |
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Florida to get myself some sun |
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There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done |
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Sometimes |
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I think of |
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Tweeter, sometimes |
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I think of |
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JanSometimes |
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I don't think about nothing but the |
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Monkey Man |
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And the walls came down |
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All the way to hell |
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Never saw them when they're standing |
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Never saw them when they fell |
