Run Joe-Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

[00:10.16]Loey loey loey loey loey
[00:12.64](Loey loey loey loey loey)
[00:14.83]Joey joey joey joey joey
[00:17.07](Joey joey joey joey joey)
[00:19.60]Eh come in fool boy eheh the police mon is on the premises
[00:24.30]What is he doing in here
[00:27.32]Mo and Joe had a candy store
[00:29.08]Telling fortune behind a door
[00:31.37]Cop grabbed mo and as joe ran out
[00:33.80]Brother mo then began to shout
[00:36.02](Run joe)eh de man at de door
[00:38.53](Run joe)he man won't let me go
[00:40.65](Run joe)run as fast as you can
[00:43.03](Run joe)police holding me han
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[00:50.45](Loey loey loey loey loey)
[00:53.72](Loey loey loey loey loey)
[00:55.31]Ask juanita to stand me bail
[00:57.57]Don't want to sleep in this rotten jail
[00:59.91]Hide de crystal ball by de fence
[01:02.19]So dey won't find no evidence
[01:04.73]When you reach home get in de bed
[01:06.79]Call a doctor and tie your head
[01:09.26]Let juanita invent a lie
[01:11.72]Got to have a good alibi
[01:13.92](Run joe)eh de man at de door
[01:16.38](Run joe)de man won't let me go
[01:18.74](Run joe)run as fast as you can
[01:21.14](Run joe)de police holding me han
[01:28.66](Loey loey loey loey loey)
[01:31.00]Get a mouthpiece to talk for me
[01:33.32]They'll sure give me de third degree
[01:35.66]When dey take me before de sarge
[01:38.08]I am going to deny de charge
[01:40.43]When de judge ask me how I plead
[01:42.74]Not guilty sir most decidedly
[01:45.12]You can see Judge at a glance
[01:47.51]I'm a victim of circumstance
[01:49.80](Run joe)eh man at de door
[01:52.25](Run joe)de man won't let me go
[01:54.62](Run joe)run as fast as you can
[01:57.03](Run joe)de police holding me han
[02:04.63](Joey joey joey joey joey)
[02:06.69](Joey joey joey joey joey)
[02:09.68]I'll be home by de break of day
[02:11.44]If de judge believe what I say
[02:13.86]If he don't I'll be looking cute
[02:16.24]Behind de bars with me striped suit
[02:18.60](Run joe)eh de man at de door
[02:20.97](Run joe)de man e won't let me go
[02:23.32](Run joe)run as fast as you can
[02:25.74](Run joe)de police holding me han
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[02:33.31](Joey joey joey joey joey)
[02:35.55](Joey joey joey joey joey)
[02:37.94]Me mama told me not long ago
[02:40.08]To keep way from that worthless joe
[02:42.57]If I heard what me momma say
[02:44.90]I wouldn't be in this mess today
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[02:47.32](Run joe)eh de man at de door
[02:49.73](Run joe)de man won't let me go
[02:52.11](Run joe)run as fast as you can
[02:54.47](Run joe)de police holding me han
[02:57.67]Don't you hear what I told you(run joe)
[02:59.96]I don't want you in school(run joe)
[03:02.15]Don't let de policeman hold you(run joe)
[03:04.78]Don't your mamma done told you(run joe)
[03:07.99]Hey de policeman catching up with joe
[03:11.98]Joe run too slow joe catching up with joe
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