Run Joe

Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey

(Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey)

Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

Ay the Calypso boys

A-ay child, what is the policeman doing on the premises?

Tell me all about it, child

Moe and Joe had a candy store

Telling fortune behind a door

Cop grabbed Moe and as Joe ran out

Brother Moe then began to shout

(Run Joe) Ay de man at de door

(Run Joe) He man won't let me go

(Run Joe) Run as fast as you can

(Run Joe) Police holding me han'

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

Ask Juanita to stand me bail

Don't want to sleep in this rotten jail

Hide de crystal ball by de fence

So dey won't find no evidence

When you reach home, get in de bed

Call a doctor and tie your head

Let Juanita invent a lie

Got to have a good alibi

(Run Joe) Ay de man at de door

(Run Joe) De man won't let me go

(Run Joe) Run as fast as you can

(Run Joe) De police holdin' me han'

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

Get a mouthpiece to talk for me

They'll sure give me de third degree

When dey take me before de sarge

I am going to deny de charge

When de judge ask me how I plead

"Not guilty, sir, most decidedly

You can see, Judge, at a glance

I'm a victim of circumstance"

(Run Joe) Ay de man at de door

(Run Joe) De man won't let me go

(Run Joe) Run as fast as you can

(Run Joe) De police holdin' me han'

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

I'll be home by de break of day

If de judge believe what I say

If he don't, I'll be lookin' cute

Behind de bars with me striped suit

(Run Joe) Ay de man at de door

(Run Joe) Man he won't let me go

(Run Joe) Run as fast as you can

(Run Joe) De police holdin' me han'

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

Me mama told me not long ago

To keep 'way from that worthless Joe

If I heard what me momma say

I wouldn't be in this mess today

(Run Joe) Ay de man at de door

(Run Joe) De man won't let me go

(Run Joe) Run as fast as you can

(Run Joe) De police holdin' me han'

Don't you hear what I told you? (Run Joe)

I done warn you and scold you (Run Joe)

Don't let policeman hold you (Run Joe)

Di'nt your mamma done told you? (Run Joe)

Hey, de policeman is catching up with Joe

Joe run too slow

Hey they're catching up with Joe