Firstly, there's a discrepancy with the Lyrics written above. The opening 2 lines should read:
'Smokey Joe you're calling at the station,
If I kill him there are complications'
I agree with you starpatroller - and I think that's exactly what the lyrics are about - and I think that the "Smokey Joe is calling at the station" is representative of him dobbing himself in to the police - he's going to the police station. Clyde's rage overtakes her and she speaks her truth, however, she says "It's too easy to wish you harm" she knows there is no justice in hurting him herself - so she threatens him and forces him to turn himself in for his atrocities.
Firstly, there's a discrepancy with the Lyrics written above. The opening 2 lines should read: 'Smokey Joe you're calling at the station, If I kill him there are complications' I agree with you starpatroller - and I think that's exactly what the lyrics are about - and I think that the "Smokey Joe is calling at the station" is representative of him dobbing himself in to the police - he's going to the police station. Clyde's rage overtakes her and she speaks her truth, however, she says "It's too easy to wish you harm" she knows there is no justice in hurting him herself - so she threatens him and forces him to turn himself in for his atrocities.