Hey Joe

Hey, Joe

Said, where you going with that gun in your hand?

Hey, Joe

Said, where you going with that gun in your hand?

He said, "I'm going to shoot my old lady down

I caught her messing around with another man"

He said, "I'm going to shoot my old lady down

I caught her messing around on me"

Hey, Joe

I heard that you shot your old lady down

Hey, Joe

I heard that you caught your lady fucking some other guy

And you shot her down

"Well, you know, I guess that's true and

I guess you can say I shot her, yeah-yeah-yeah

Well, yes, I did, I said, I did, I shot her down

Say, yes, I did, I said, I did, I shot her down to the ground

So, hey, Joe

Where you going to run to now?

Said, where you gonna go to? Where you gonna run?

Where you gonna hide?

Well, I said, I'm going way down south to Mexico, hey

No one's gonna put a noose around me

I said, I'm going way down south to Mexico, hey

Where I can be free! Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya