Hey Joe, where you goin' with that money in your hand? Hey Joe, where you goin' with that money in your hand? I'm goin' downtown, buy me a blue steel forty-four I'm goin' downtown, buy me a blue steel forty-four Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand? Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand? I'm goin' downtown tryin' to find my baby She's been running with another man Gonna find my woman, she's been running with another man Hey Joe, I heard you shot your lady down Hey Joe, I heard you shot your lady down Yes I did, I shot her just like I said Yes I did, I shot her just like I said Hey Joe, where you gonna run to now? Hey Joe, where you gonna run to now? I'm goin' way down south now I'm goin' way down south, where I can be free Ain't no hangman, ain't no hangman Ain't no hangman, ain't no hangman Put no noose around me