Run Joe

Mo and Joe had a candy store

Tellin' fortune behind a door

Cops grabbed Mo and as Joe ran out

Brother Mo then began to shout

Run Joe, eh, the police at the door

Run Joe and he won't let me go

Run Joe, run as fast as you can

Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand

Ask Juanita to stand me bail

Don't want to sleep in this rotten jail

Hide the crystal ball by the fence

So dey won't find no evidence

When you reach home, get in the bed

Call a doctor and tie your head

Tell Juanita, invent a lie

Got to have a good alibi

Run Joe, eh, the police at the door

Run Joe and he won't let me go

Run Joe, run as fast as you can

Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand

Go get a mouthpiece to talk for me

Oh, they'll charge me with a third degree

When they take me before the sarge

I am going to deny the charge

If the judge ask me how I plead

"Not guilty sir, most decidedly

You can see judge at a glance

I'm a victim of circumstance"

Run Joe, eh, the police at the door

Run Joe and he won't let me go

Run Joe, run as fast as you can

Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand

Me mommy told me not long ago

"Boy, keep away from that no good Joe"

If I do like me momma say

I wouldn't be in this trouble today

I'll be home by the break of day

If the judge believe what I say

And if he don't, I'll be lookin' cute

Behind the bars in me striped suit

Run Joe, eh, the police at the door

Run Joe and he won't let me go

Run Joe, run as fast as you can

Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand

Run Joe

Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe

Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe

Run Joe