Headstones - Tweeter and the monkey man

^ETweeter and the Monkey Man were ^Dhard up for cash They ^Astayed up all night selling ^Ecocaine and hash ^ETo an undercover cop who had a ^Dsister named Jan For ^Areasons unexplained she ^Eloved the Monkey Man ^ETweeter was a Boy Scout, 'course he ^Dwent to Viet Nam ^AFound out the hard way ^Enobody gives a damn ^EThought that they'd find freedom just ^Dacross the Jersey line ^AHopped into a stolen car, took ^EHighway 99

^EWhen the walls came down ^DAll the way to hell Never ^Asaw them when they standin Never ^Esaw them when they fell

^EThe undercover cop, he never ^Dliked the Monkey Man ^AEven back in high school, wanted to ^Esee him in the can ^EJan got married at fourteen to a ^Dracketeer named Bill Made^A secret plans with the Monkey Man from a ^Emansion on the hill ^EIt was out on Thunder Road, ^DTweeter at the wheel ^APulled into paradise, you could ^Ehear the tires squeal ^EIt was Jan who'd told him many times "It was ^Dyou to me who'd taught: In ^AKingston everything's legal as ^Elong as you don't get caught"

^EWhen the walls came down ^DAll the way to hell Never ^Asaw them when they standin Never ^Esaw them when they fell

^ESome place by Riway prison they ^Dran out of gas The ^Aundercover cop cornered 'em, said "You didn't ^Ethink that this could last" ^EJan jumped up out of bed said "There's some ^Dplace I gotta go" She ^Atook the gun out of the drawer, and said "It's ^Ebest that you don't know" ^EAn ambulance rolled up, State ^DTrooper close behind ^ATweeter took his gun away and ^Emessed up his mind ^EThe undercover cop was found face ^Ddown in a field The ^AMonkey Man was on the river bridge using ^ETweeter as a shield

^EWhen the walls came down ^DAll the way to hell Never ^Asaw them when they standin Never ^Esaw them when they fell

^EThe town of Jersey City is ^Dquieting down again I'm ^Asitting in a gambling club ^Ecalled The Lion's Den ^EThe TV set is blown up, every ^Dbit of it is gone Ever ^Asince the night when they showed that the ^EMonkey Man was on ^EMaybe I'll go to Florida, ^Dget myself some sun There ^Aain't no more opportunity here and ^Eeverything's been done ^ESometimes I think of Tweeter, some^Dtimes I think of Jan Some^Atimes I don't think about nothin' ^Ebut the Monkey Man

^EWhen the walls came down ^DAll the way to hell Never ^Asaw them when they standin Never ^Esaw them when they fell