Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
Hey Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man, yeah
I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man
Uh, hey Joe, I heard you shot your woman down
You shot her down, now
Hey Joe, I heard you shot your woman down
You shot her down to the ground, yeah
Yes, I did, I shot her
You know I caught her messin' 'round, messin' 'round town
Yes, I did, I shot her
You know I caught my old lady messin' 'round town
And I gave her the gun
I shot her!
All right
Shoot her one more time again, baby
Yeah
Ah, dig it, now
Ah! ah!
Oh, all right
Hey Joe, said now
Uh, where you gonna run to now, where you gonna run to?
Hey Joe, I said
Where you gonna run to now, where you, where you gonna go?
Well, dig it!
I'm goin' way down south
Way down to Mexico way
All right
I'm goin' way down south
Way down where I can be free
Ain't no one gonna find me
Ain't no hangman gonna
He ain't gonna put a rope around me
You better believe it right now
I gotta go now
Hey, hey Joe
You better run on down
Goodbye everybody
Ow!
Hey, hey Joe
Run on down
Hey Joe was written by Billy Roberts.
Hey Joe was produced by Bill Halverson.