The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Lyrics

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