He was on his way home from Candletop,
He was two weeks gone, and he'd thought he'd stop,
At Web's and have him a drink 'fore he went home to her
Andy Wo-Lo said: "Hello"
He said "How What's doin'?"
Wo said: "Sit down, I got some bad news and 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 seeing that Amos boy, Seth"
Now he got mad, and he saw red
Andy said: "Boy, don't you lose your head,
"'Cos to tell you 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
Don't trust your soul to no backwoods, Southern lawyer
'Cos the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
Well Andy got scared, and left the bar,
Walkin' on home, 'cos he didn't live far
You see, Andy didn't 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 Daddy had left him, and that was a gun
He went off to Andy's 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,
Saw old Andy there lyin' on the floor,
In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake
Georgia patrol was making their rounds,
So he fired a shot just to flag them down
A big-bellied sherriff grabbed his gun and said "Why'd you do it?"
Judge said guilty at a make-believe trial,
Slapped the sherriff on the back with a smile,
And 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
Don't trust your soul to no backwoods, Southern lawyer
'Cos the judge in the town's got blood stains 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,
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
'Cos the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
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
'Cos the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands