He was on his way home from Candletop

Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop

at Web's and have him a drink 'fore he went home to her

Andy Wo-Lo said hello

He said "Hi what's new" and Wo said "Sit down I got some bad news that's gonna hurt"

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

Well, 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

Walkin' 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've 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

Slippin' through the backwoods 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 lyin' on the floor in a puddle of blood and he started to shake

Georgia patrol was a-makin' their rounds

So he fired a shot just to flag em down

A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said "Why'd you do it?"

The judge said guilty on a make-believe trial

Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile and said supper's waitin' at home and I gotta get to it

That's the night 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 cheatin' 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 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 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