Hey Joe,
Where you going with that gun in your hand?
Hey Joe,
Where you going with that gun in your hand?

I'm gonna shoot my baby,
I caught her messin round
With another man

Hey Joe,
I heard you shot your baby down
Hey Joe,
I heard you shot your baby down

Yes I did I shot her,
I went and put her
In the ground

Hey Joe,
Where you gonna run to now?
Hey Joe,
Where you gonna run to now?

I'm heading way down South
Where I can be free
I'm heading Mexico way,
No hangman's about to put a leash around me