Lynn Anderson - Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia lyrics

On his way his way home from Candletop Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop At Webb's and have him a drink fore he went home to her Andy Wolo said hello he said hi what's a doin' Wo Says 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 seein' that Amos boy Seth 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 Don't you trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer Cause the judge and the town's got bloodstains on his hands Well Andy got scared and left the bar walkin' on home cause he didn't live far See Andy didn't have many friends and had just lost him one My brother thought his wife must've left town So he went home and finally found the only thing papa had left up 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 backporch door And he saw Andy lyin' on the floor in a puddle of blood and he started to shake But Georgia patrol was makin' their rounds and he fired a shot just to flag 'em down And a big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said why'd you do it 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... Well they hung my brother before I could say the tracks he saw while on his way To Andy's house out back that night were mine His cheatin' wife had never left town that's one body that'll never be found See little sister don't miss when she gets her gun Oh that's the night that the lights went out in Georgia... Oh that's the night that the lights went out in Georgia...