Tonalité : A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Tweeter and the Monkey Man were
hard up for cash
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They stayed up all night selling
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co caine and hash
To an undercover cop who
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had a sister named Jan
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For reasons unexplained she loved
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the Monkey Man
Verse 2
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Tweeter was a Boy Scout 'fore she
went to Vietnam
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And found out the hard way,
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nobody gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom
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just across the Jersey line
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So they hopped into a stolen car,
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took Highway 99
Verse 3
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
Verse 4
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The undercover cop never
liked the Monkey Man
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Even back in childhood he
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wanted to see him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen to
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a racketeer named Bill
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She made secret calls to the Monkey
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Man from a mansion on the hill
Verse 5
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It was out on Thunder Road,
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Tweeter at the wheel
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They crashed into paradise,
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they could hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up and
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said "Everyone of you is a liar
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If you don't surrender now it's
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gonna go down to the wire"
Verse 6
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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
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Never saw them when they
fell
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Verse 7
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An ambulance rolled up,
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a state- trooper close behind
Tweeter took his gun away
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and messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left
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tied up to a tree
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Near the souvenir stand,
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by the old abandoned factory
Verse 8
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Next day the undercover cop
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was hot in pursuit
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He was taking the whole thing personal,
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he didn't care about the loot
Jan had told him many times,
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"It was you to me who taught
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In Jersey anything's legal as long
as you don't get caught"
Verse 9
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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
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Never saw them when they
fell
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Verse 10
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Some place by Rahwey Prison
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they ran out of gas
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The undercover cop had
cornered them, said
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"Boy, you didn't think this could last?"
Jan jumped out of bed, said,
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"There's someplace I gotta go"
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She took the gun out of the drawer, said,
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"It's best that you don't know."
Verse 11
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The undercover cop was found
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face down in a field
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The Monkey Man was on the river bridge,
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using Tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the Monkey Man,
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"I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl
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I knew him long before he
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became a Jersey Girl"
Verse 12
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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
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Never saw them when they fell
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Verse 13
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Now the town of Jersey City
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is quieting down again
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I'm sitting in a gambling club
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called the Lion's Den
The TV set was blown up,
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every bit of it is gone
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Ever since the nightly news showed
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that the Monkey Man was on
Verse 14
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I guess I'll go to Florida and get
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myself some sun
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There ain't no more opportunity here,
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everything's been done
Sometimes I think of Tweeter,
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sometimes I think of Jan
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Sometimes I don't think about
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nothing but the Monkey Man
Verse 15
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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
Verse 16
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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
Outro 1
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