Hey Joe, say where you going with that gun in your hand?
Hey Joe, say where you going with that gun in your hand?

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

Caught her messing around with another man"
Said "I'm going to down to shoot my old lady down,
Caught her messing around on me"

Hey Joe, I heard that you shot your old lady down
Hey Joe, I heard that caught your old lady [bad word] some other guy
And you shot her down

Well uh- you know I guess that's [bad word] and all

I guess you can say I shot her 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 down to the ground!

So Hey Joe,
Where you [bad word] to now?
Say where you gonna go to?
Where you [bad word] 
Where you gonna hide?

Well I said "I'm going way down south,
Way down the Mexico way"

No one's gonna put a noose around me

I said "I'm goin' way down south"

Way down the Mexico way
Way down where I can be free