The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Song Lyrics by Reba McEntire
He was on his way home from CandletopBeen two weeks gone and he thought he’d stopAt Web’s and have him a drink ‘fore he went home to herAndy 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 rightBut your young bride ain’t home tonightSince you’ve been gone, she’s been seeing that Amos boy, Seth”Now he got mad and he saw redAndy 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 GeorgiaThat’s the night that they hung an innocent manWell, 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 barWalking on home ’cause he didn’t live far, you seeAndy didn’t have many friends and he just lost him oneBrother thought his wife must have left townSo he went home and finally foundThe only thing Daddy had left him, and that was a gun
He went off to Andy’s houseSlipping through the backwoods quiet as a mouseCame upon some tracks too small for Andy to makeHe looked through the screen at the back porch doorAnd he saw Andy lying on the floorIn a puddle of blood, and he started to shake
The Georgia patrol was making their roundsSo he fired a shot, just to flag ’em downA big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said“Why’d you do it?”
The judge said “guilty” on a make-believe trialSlapped the sheriff on the back with a smileSaid, “Supper’s waiting at home and I got to get to it”
That’s the night that the lights went out in GeorgiaThat’s the night that they hung an innocent manWell, 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 sayThe tracks he saw while on his wayTo Andy’s house and back that night were mineAnd his cheating wife had never left townThat’s one body that’ll never be foundYou see little sister don’t miss when she aims her gun
That’s the night that the lights went out in GeorgiaThat’s the night that they hung an innocent manWell, 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 GeorgiaThat’s the night that they hung an innocent manWell, don’t trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer‘Cause the judge in the town’s got bloodstains on his hands