The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia lyrics

The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia
Vicki Lawrence
Words and Music by her husband, Bobby Russell

(peak Billboard position # 1 in 1973)

He was on his way home from Candletop
Been two weeks gone and he thought he`d stop
At William`s and have him a drink `fore he went home to her
Andy Wolloe said `Hello`
And he said `Hi, what`s doin`, Wo?`
`Seth, 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 seein` that Amos boy, Seth `
Well, he got mad `n` he saw red and Andy said `Boy, don`tcha lose your head`
` `cause to tell ya the truth, I 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
Walkin` on home `cause he didn`t live far
See, Andy didn`t have many friends and he`d 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, that was a gun

And he went off to Andy`s house
A`skippin` 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 lyin` on the floor
In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

Well, the Georgia Patrol was a`makin` their rounds
So he fired a shot just to flag `em down
And a big-bellied sheriff got his gun and said `why`dya do it?`
And the judge said `Guilty` in a make-believe trial
And 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 cheatin` 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, oh-oh-aah
That`s the night that they hung an innocent man, ah-huh-unh
Well, don`t trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer

FADE
`cause the judge in the town`s got bloodstains on his hands

Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz, who won`t swear positively to the correctness of
the proper names herein, but they are close to what`s sung. Anyone with sheet
music should feel free to contact me.

ronhontz@worldnet.att.net