The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

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've 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 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 have 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 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 lying on the floor In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake The Georgia patrol was making 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 Said, "Supper's waiting at home and I got to 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