The Night the Lights went out in Georgia

CAPO at III OPEN He was on his way home from Candletop Been two weeks gone and he thought he stop at Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her OPEN Andy Wo-Lo said hello he said 'Hi, what's a doing', Wo said sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt. OPEN Said I'm you 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 OPEN 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 Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands OPEN Andy got scared and he 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 OPEN Brother thought his wife must've left town So he went home and finally found the only thing Daddy left him and that was a gun OPEN He went off to Andy's house Slipping through the woods as quiet as a mouse Come upon some tracks too small for Andy to make OPEN He looked through the screen at the back porch door 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 them down A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said, Why'd you do it? OPEN They hung my brother before I could say the tracks he saw while on this way to Andy's house and back that night were mine OPEN And his cheatin' 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 Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands