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| Hey | Joe where ya' | goin' with that | gun in your hand? |
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| I said | hey | Joe | where ya | goin' with that | gun in your hand? |
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| I'm goin' out to | find my woman now | she's been | runnin' round with some | other man |
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| I said I'm goin' out to | find my woman now | she's been | runnin' 'round with some | other man |
| Hey Joe tell me what are you gonna do? |
| Hey Joe tell me what are you gonna do? |
| Well I guess I'll shoot my woman that's what I'll do |
| Well I guess I'll shoot them both before I'm through |
| Hey Joe tell me where are you gonna go? |
| Hey Joe tell me where are you gonna go? |
| Well I think I'll go down to my favourite place Mexico |
| Well I think I'll go down to where a man can be free |
| And there ain't gonna be no hangmans ropes gonna be put around me |