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Artist: Deep Purple
Canonical path: /deep-purple/hey-joe
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hey Joe
Read Hey Joe lyrics by Deep Purple on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hey Joe
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Hey Joe
Where you going with that gun in your hand
Hey Joe
Now tell me where you going
with that gun in your hand
I'm gonna shoot my lady
Cos I caught her messing around
with another man
Yes, I'm going down to shoot my lady
Cos I caught her messing around
with another man
Hey Joe
I heard you shot your woman down
Hey Joe
I heard you shot your woman down
Right down to the ground
Yes I did I shot her
You know I shot her
Cos I caught her messing 'round town
Yes I did I shot her
I shot my woman
Cos she was messing 'round town
I gave her the gun - I shot her!
Hey Joe
Tell me where you gonna run to now?
Hey Joe
C'mon tell me where you gonna run to?
Don't you worry about me
I'm going way down South
Way down South where I'm gonna be free
I'm going way down South
Way down South maybe outside Mexico Way
I'm gonna run, oh yeah
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