Tweeter and the Monkeyman
Tweeter and the Monkeyman were hard up for cash,
So 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 Monkeyman.
Tweeter was a boy scout for she went to Vietnam,
And found out the hard way that nobody gives a damn.
They knew that they'd found freedom just across the Jersey line,
So they hopped into a stolen car and took highway 99.

And the walls came down...all the way to Hell.
Never saw them when they standing,never saw them when they fell.

The undercover cop never liked the Monkeyman,
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can.
Jan got married at 14 to let the children build,
She made secret calls to the Monkeyman 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 is a liar,
If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire

And the walls came down...all the way to Hell.
Never saw them when they standing,never saw them when they fell.

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.
The next day the undercover cop was ahot 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 is legal as long as you don't get caught.

And the walls came down...all the way to Hell.
Never saw them when they standing,never saw them when they fell.

Some place by Rawly prison they ran out of gas,
The undercover cop cornered them and said"oh you didn't think that this would last."
Jan jumped up out of bed and said"there is some place I got to 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 Monkeyman was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield.
Jan said to the Monkeyman "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl,
I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl.

And the walls came down...all the way to Hell.
Never saw them when they standing,never saw them when they fell.

Now the town of Jersey city was quieting down again,
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den.
The TV set was blown up every bit of it was gone,
Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkeyman was on.
I guess I'll go to Florida and get myself some sun,
There ain't no more opportunity here everything's been done.
Sometimes I think of Tweeter,sometimes I think of Jan,
Sometimes I think about nothing but the Monkeyman.

And the walls came down...all the way to Hell.
Never saw them when they standing,never saw them when they fell.

And the walls came down...all the way to Hell.
Never saw them when they standing,never saw them when they fell.