Jimi's Pathos

In Teapa he now makes his home After his journey from the states Trouble caused his heart to roam And sorrows filled his plate One friend asked him about the gun And what he planned to do that night He said he’d do what must be done And anger blurred his sight He shot her down and did not care The gun still in his hand His woman said that she had dared To love another man Someone asked where he would go Where he would run or stay He simply said I do not know And headed down Mexico way People staring from a distance Some just mumble and turn away And he can tell in just one instance What they mean and what they say So when I see him on the street I shake his hand so he will know He has a friend and when we meet I simply say “Hey Joe”
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