[Intro]\n\n\n\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nGood-bye, Mitzi Brown\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nI'm gonna leave this town\n\n[Verse]\nOld Joe Clark used to clean the bar\nLiquor was his pay (pay)\nNever saved a golden eagle\nDrank it all away\n\n\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nGood-bye, Mitzi Brown\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nI'm gonna leave this town\n\n[Verse]\nI don't want your old time religion\nOr what you got to say (say)\nBut pass me down the barley jug\nI'll be on my way, a-singin'\n\n\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nGood-bye, Mitzi Brown\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nI'm gonna leave this town\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n[Verse]\nOld Joe Clark walked downtown backwards\nPeople asked him, "Why?" (why)\nI come back for one more drink\nWhile wavin' you good-bye!"\n\n\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nGood-bye, Mitzi Brown\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nI'm gonna leave this town\n\n\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nGood-bye, Mitzi Brown\nFare thee well, old Joe Clark\nI'm gonna leave this town