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
