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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
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some other man 
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I said I'm goin' out to find my woman now she's been runnin'
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'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