EVERYTHING WAS IN THE PICKUP TRUCK HE PACKED A BAG AND MAMA SAID GOOD LUCK IN CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA, PAPA TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULDN'T GO SAID, "I DON'T WANNA SAY I TOLD YOU SO" BUT, JOE I WARNED YA! JOE I WARNED YOU JOE, DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR CHANCES OUT THERE? ARE YOU SCARED? WHAT DO YA THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND? DID YOUR MIND GO A-MISSING? USE YOUR SENSES! OH JOE, DON'T YOU KNOW THE WORLD ISN'T KIND? AND THE FURTHER YOU GET AND THE DEEPER YOU GO THE MORE YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF ALONE THE HIGHER YOU FLY, THE HARDER YOU FALL SO YOU NEVER LOOKED BACK AND YOU WENT ON YOUR WAY AND I NEVER TRIED TO MAKE YOU STAY BUT THE LONGER YOU'RE STANDING PROUD AND TALL THE HARDER YOU WILL FALL JOE WAS NEVER LIKE THE OTHER BOYS WHILE THEY WERE DRINKIN' BEER AND MAKING NOISE JOE WAS QUIET, SAD AND QUIET SUZIE PRAYED THAT JOEY MIGHT PROPOSE BUT ALL HE LEFT HER WAS A NOTE HE WROTE THAT SAID, "I'M HIDING, I'M TIRED OF HIDING" JOE, DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE LOVED YOU MORE THAN BREATHING THE AIR? IS IT FAIR TO LEAVE HER TO CRY ALONE? OKAY, RUN AWAY! BUT REMEMBER WHO YOU'RE LEAVING OH JOE, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND THAT THE FURTHER YOU GET AND THE DEEPER YOU GO THE MORE YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF ALONE THE HIGHER YOU FLY, THE HARDER YOU FALL SO YOU NEVER LOOKED BACK AND YOU WENT ON YOUR WAY AND I NEVER TRIED TO MAKE YOU STAY BUT THE LONGER YOU'RE STANDING PROUD AND TALL THE HARDER YOU WILL FALL GUESS IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO SINCE ANYBODY HEARD A WORD FROM JOE I HOPE HE'S HAPPY, SAFE AND HAPPY NOW I THINK ABOUT HIM EVERY DAY AND HOW I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO SAY I'M SO SORRY, I'M SO SORRY JOE, DID YOU KNOW THAT WE NEVER MEANT TO HURT YOU OR YOUR PRIDE? JOE I TRIED, BUT I NEVER UNDERSTOOD YOUR PAIN JOE I PRAY, THAT THE LORD AND ALL THE ANGELS KEEP YOU SAFE JOE I PRAY YOU STAY BY THEIR SIDE CAUSE THE FURTHER YOU GET AND THE DEEPER YOU GO THE MORE YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF ALONE THE HIGHER YOU FLY, THE HARDER YOU FALL SO YOU NEVER LOOKED BACK AND YOU WENT ON YOUR WAY AND I NEVER TRIED TO MAKE YOU STAY BUT THE LONGER YOU'RE STANDING PROUD AND TALL THE HARDER YOU WILL FALL THE HARDER YOU WILL FALL