The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

He was on his way home from Candletop

Been two weeks gone

And he'd thought he'd stop

At Web's and have him a drink

Before he went home to her

Andy Wolloe said Hello

He said Hi what's doing Wo

Said Sit down I got some bad news

And it's gonna hurt

He said I'm your best friend

And you know that's right

But your young bride ain't home tonight

Since you been gone

She's been seeing that Amos boy Seth

Now he got mad

And he saw red

Andy said Boy don't you lose your head

Cause to tell you the truth

I've been with her myself

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man

Don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer

Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Andy got scared and left the bar

Walking on home

Cause he didn't live far

You see Andy didn't have many friends

And he just lost him one

Brother thought his wife must left town

So he went home and finally found

The only thing Daddy had left him

And that was a gun

He went off to Andy's house

Slipping through the back woods quiet as a mouse

Came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make

He looked through the screen at the back porch door

And he saw Andy lying on the floor

In a puddle of blood

And he started to shake

Georgia patrol was making their rounds

So he fired a shot just to flag them down

A big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun

And said Why'd you do it

Judge said guilty on a make-believe trial

Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile

And said Supper's waiting at home

And I gotta get to it

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man

Well don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer

Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Well they hung my brother before I could say

The tracks he saw while on his way

To Andy's house and back that night were mine

And his cheating wife had never left town

That's one body that'll never be found

You see little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man

Well don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer

Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man

Well don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer

Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands