Well they're hanging Joe Bean this morning
for killing a man in Arkansas
funny thing about it Joe Bean never even heard of the man
in fact Joe Bean never has been to Arkansas
and to top that off
today is Joe Bean's twentieth birthday
see where the gallow stand Joe Bean
see where the gallow stand
just twenty short years
from the day you were born
you'll die by the hangman's hand
they're hanging Joe Bean this morning
for a shooting that he never did
he killed twenty men by the time he was ten
he was an unruly kid
but they're hanging Joe Bean for the one shooting
that he never did
see through the prison bars Joe Bean
see where the gallow stand
just twenty short years from the day you were born
you'll die by the hangman's hand
well you're mother's in capital city asking governor sims for a stay
and it's really hard on her
cos she know's where you were, on that particular day
you were working Joe Bean, hard working
robbing the Santa Fe
well the telegraph wires are humming
hear the governor's words come through
I can't set you free cos it's not up to me
but this much Joe Bean I'll do
I'll join your mother in extending birthday greeting's to you
happy birthday Joe Bean
happy birthday Joe Bean
happy birthday dear Joe
Happy birthday to you

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