Hey, Joe, where you going
With that gun in your hand
I said, hey, Joe, where you going
With that gun in your hand

I'm going out and find my woman now
She's [bad word] around with
Some other man
I said, I'm going out to find my woman
She's [bad word] around with
Some other man

Hey, Joe, now
What are you gonna do
Hey, Joe, tell me
What are you gonna do

Well, I guess I'll shoot my woman now
That's what I'll do
Said I guess I'll shoot them both
Before I'm through

Hey, Joe, tell me
What are you gonna do
Hey, Joe, I said
What are you gonna do

Well, I guess I'll go down
To my place in Mexico
Said I guess I'll go down
To where a man can be free

And there ain't gonna be no
Hangman's ropes gonna be
Put around me