The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Reba McEntire

He was on his way home from Candletop 
Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop 
At Web's and have him a drink for he went home to her 
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" 
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 
Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself 

Chorus: 
That's the night the lights went out in Georgia 
That's the night that they hung an innocent man 
Don't trust your soul to no back woods Southern lawyer 
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hand 

Andy got scared and 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 
Brother thought his wife must've 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 
Slipping 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 
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 'em down 
And a big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said, "Why'd you do it?" 
The judge said guilty on a make believe trial
Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile and said,
"Supper's waitin' at home and I gotta get to it"

Chorus

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 be found 
You see little sister don't miss when she aims her gun 

Repeat Chorus twice
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