Hey Joe

where you goin' with that

money in your hand

Hey Joe, where you goin'

with that money

in your hand

Well, I'm goin' 'a

see my woman

I heard she done messed

around with some other man

I heard she did

You know

I'm goin' down town

I'm gonna buy me a

blue steel Forty Four

You know

I'm goin' down town

I'm gonna buy me a

blue steel Forty Four

Gonna catch up with that girl

She won't be messin'

'round with me no more

Well I said, hey Joe

where you goin' with

that gun in your hand

I said, hey Joe

where you goin' with that

gun in your hand

I'm gonna shoot my woman

I found her messin' 'round

with some other man

Hey Joe, I heard you

shot your old lady down

Well hey Joe

I heard you gone shot

your old lady down

Yes I did, 'cause I caught

her messin' 'round

messin' 'round

messin' 'round now

I said, hey Joe

you better lay low

and get outta town

I said, hey Joe

where you gonna run to now

He said, I'm goin' down town

I'm gonna get me

a passport, si

Well, I'm goin' down south

way down Mexico way

And there ain't no hangman

gonna put no noose on me

Just 'cause I shot her

just 'cause I shot her, si

Well, I'm goin'

down south

way down Mexico way

Well, I'm goin' down south

where a man can be free

Where there ain't

no hangman

gonna put no

noose around me

I said I'm goin' down south

way down Mexico way

Where there ain't

no hangman

gonna put no

noose around me