Reba McEntire "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" |
He was on his way home from Candletop Been 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, hi, 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 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 Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods, southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands Well Andy got scared, and left the bar Walkin' 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 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 And he saw Andy, 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, on 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 Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods, southern lawyer Cause 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 Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods, southern lawyer Cause 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 Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods, southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |