Wednesday, October 21, 2009

'Where You, Where You Gonna Go?'

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 going down to shoot my old lady
You know, I've caught her messin' around with another man
I'm going down to shoot my old lady
You know, I've caught her messin' around with another man
And that ain't too cool

Hey Joe, I've heard you shot your woman down,
shot her down, now
I said I've heard you shot your old lady down,
You shot her down to the ground

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' around town
And I gave her the gun
I SHOT HER!

Hey Joe, alright
Shoot her one more time, baby

Hey Joe, said now
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
Alright!
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 Joe, you better run on down
Good by everybody
Hey Joe, uhh
Run on down

Photograph by Chris Hondros/Getty Images
Hat tip to Obisdian Wings for the AfPak connection

3 comments:

john said...

Shaun - you of all people should have known that "Hey Joe" was written by Billy Roberts. Check out the album label for the credits.

Shaun Mullen said...

Argh! Fixed.

Cat.A said...

Hey Joe, I've heard you shot my health care down,
shot it down, now
I said I've heard you shot my health care down,
You shot it down to the ground

Yes I did, I shot it
You know, I been messin' round, messin' round town
Yes I did, I shot it
You know, with the GOP I'm
messin' around town
And I gave health the gun
I SHOT IT!