The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

CAPO at III 
 
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He was on his way home from Candletop 
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Been two weeks gone and he thought he stop 
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at Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her 
 
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Andy Wo-Lo said hello 
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he said 'Hi, what's a doing', Wo 
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said sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt. 
 
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Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right 
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But your young bride ain't home tonight 
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Since you've been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth 
 
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He got mad and he saw red 
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Andy said, Boy, don't you lose your head 
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Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself 


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That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia 
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That's the night that they hung an innocent man 
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Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer 
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Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
 
 

 
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Andy got scared and he left the bar 
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Walking on home cause he didn't live far 
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You see, Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one 
 
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Brother thought his wife must've left town 
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So he went home and finally found 
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the only thing Daddy left him and that was a gun 
 
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He went off to Andy's house 
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Slipping through the woods as quiet as a mouse 
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Come upon some tracks too small for Andy to make 
 
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He looked through the screen at the back porch door 
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He saw Andy lying on the floor 
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In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake. 
 
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The Georgia Patrol was making their rounds 
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so he fired a shot just to flag them down 
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A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said, 
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Why'd you do it? 

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The Judge said Guilty in a make believe trial
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Slapped the Sheriff on the back with a smile
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And said suppers waiting at home and I gotta get to it.
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They hung my brother before I could say 
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the tracks he saw while on this way 
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to Andy's house and back that night were mine 
 
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And his cheatin' wife had never left town 
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That's one body that'll never be found 
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You see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun 
 
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That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia 
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That's the night that they hung an innocent man 
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Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer 
           A                       B                  E 
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands