Run Joe (04-23-47) - Louis Jordan

Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey

(Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey)

Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey

(Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey)

Mo and Joe had a candy store

Telling fortune behind a door

Cop grabbed Mo and as Joe ran out

Brother Mo then began to shout

(Run Joe!) Eh, 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'

(Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey)

(Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey)

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!) Eh, 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'

(Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey)

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!) Eh, 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'

(J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey)

(Joey, Joey, Loey, 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!) Eh, de man at de door

(Run Joe!) De man 'e won’t let me go

(Run Joe!) Run as fast as you can

(Run Joe!) De police holdin' me han'

(Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey)

(Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey, J/Loey)

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!) Eh, 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 don’t want you in school (Run Joe!)

Don’t let de policeman hold you (Run Joe!)

Di’nt your mamma done told you?

(Run Joe!)

Hey, de policeman catching up with Joe

Joe run too slow, Joe