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’ down town buy me a blue steel forty-four
I'm goin’ down town 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’ down town, find my baby, she's been runnin' with some other man
Gonna find my woman, she’s been running with another man

Mmm, hey Joe, I heard you shot your lady down
Hey Joe, I heard you've shot your lady down, yes I did
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’ south, I’m goin’ 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.