Hey Joan, tell me why do you carry a gun around town? 
I said hey Joan, why do you carry a blue steel 44, what 
are you up to? 
Well I'm on my way home, and home is not a safe place 
anymore, 
it hasn't been for a long time 
The blows are coming hard and every day now, 
I'm going down fast but I plan to last 

Hey Joan, I heard you shot your fella down, put him in 
the ground 
Hey Joan, I heard you really did shoot that man 
straight through the heart, ow! 
Yes I did, I shot him, he's been takin' it out on me 
long enough now 
I put a hole in his heart so I can breathe and live to 
see another day 

Hey Joan, where you gonna run to now, I said where you 
gonna go? 
Hey Joan, where can you possibly run to now? 
The law's bound to catch up 
Well I'm not going anywhere, you know I'm free now, no 
matter what 
The law can't hurt me now 
ain't no one gonna stop me from breathing, no sir 
Yes I did, I put a gun to the man's heart, there was no 
other way 
Hey I'm okay! 
‘Cause I'm free now, free... 
Anyone can see, it was a simple case! A simple case: 
him or me 
Can't you see, can't you see that's what it was 
Yes I did, I shot him down to the ground...Can't you 
see I'm free now, free... 
No one's gonna stop me from breathing 
I wanna live, I wanna breathe, I wanna see another day 
I'm okay