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 Webb's And have him a drink before he went home to her Andy Wolloe said hello And he said, "Hi, what's doing, Wo?" Said, "Sit down, I got some bad news, 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." Well, he got mad and he saw red And 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 Well, Andy got scared and left the bar Walking on home, cause he didn't live far See, Andy didn't have many friends And he just lost him one Brother thought his wife musta left town So he went home and finally found The only thing Papa had left him and that was a gun Then 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 lying on the floor In a puddle of blood and he started to shake Well, the Georgia patrol was making their rounds So he fired a shot just to flag them down And a big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun And said "Why'd you do it?" Well, the judge said guilty in a make-believe trial Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile Said, "Supper's waitin' 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 And that's one body that'll never be found See, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia, whoa-oh That's the night that they hung an innocent man, uh-huh Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods, southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands Oh, that's the night that the lights went out in Georgia