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