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 Warlord 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"
 Well 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
 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 Papa had left him, and that was a gun
 And he went off to Andy's house
 And 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
 Well, 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?"
 And the judge said "guilty" in a make-believe trial
 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 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
 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-oh
 That's the night that they hung an innocent man, uh huh
 Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods, southern lawyer
 'Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands, oh