the night the lights went out in Georgia

He was on his way home from Candletop
Been two weeks gone and hed thought hed stop
At Webs and have him a drink fore he went home to her
Andy Wolloe said hello
And he said, 'Hi, whats doin, Wo?'
Said, 'Sit down, I got some bad news, its gonna hurt.'
He said, 'Im your best friend and you know thats right
But your young bride aint home tonight
Since you been gone, shes been seeing that Amos boy, Seth.'
Well, he got mad and he saw red
And Andy said, 'Boy, dont you lose your head
Cause to tell you the truth, Ive been with her myself.'
Thats the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Thats the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, dont trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the towns got blood stains on his hands
Well, Andy got scared and left the bar
Walkin on home, cause he didnt live far
See, Andy didnt 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 Andys house
Slippin 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 lyin 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 toflag them down
And a big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said 'Whyd you do it?'
Well, the judge said guilty in a make-believe trial
Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile
Said, 'Suppers waitin at home and I gotta get to it.'
Thats the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Thats the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, dont trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the towns got blood stains on his hands
Well, they hung my brother before I could say
The tracks he saw while on his way
To Andys house and back that night were mine
And his cheatin wife had never left town
And thats one body thatll never be found
See, little sister dont miss when she aims her gun
Thats the night that the lights went out in Georgia, whoa-oh
Thats the night that they hung an innocent man, uh-huh
Well, dont trust your soul to no backwoods, southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the towns got blood stains on his hands
Oh, thats the night that the lights went out in Georgia