he was on his way home from candletop been two weeks gone and he thought hed stop at webs and have him a drink for he went home to her andy wolo said hello he said hi whats new and wo said sit down i got some bad news thats gonna hurt said im your best friend and you know thats right but your young bride aint home tonight since you been gone shes been seeing that amos boy seth now he got mad and he saw red andy said boy dont you lose your head cause to tell you the truth ive been with her myselfthats the night that the lights went out in georgia thats the night that they hung an innocent man well dont trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his handsandy got scared and left the bar walking on home cause he didnt live far you see andy didnt have many friends and he just lost him one brother thought his wife mustve 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 andys house slipping through the back woods quiet as a mouse came upon some tracks too small for andy to makehe looked through the screen at the back porch door and he saw andy lying on the floor in a puddle of blood and he started to shakethe georgia patrol was making their rounds so he fired a shot just to flag em down a big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said whyd you do itthe judge said guilty on a makebelieve trial slapped the sherriff on the back with a smile said suppers waiting at home and i gotta get to itthats the night the lights went out in georgia thats the night that they hung an innocent man dont trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his handswell they hung my brother before i could say the tracks he saw while on his way to andys house and back that night were mine and his cheatin wife had never left town thats one body thatll never be found you see little sister dont miss when she aims her gunthats the night the lights went out in georgia thats the night that they hung an innocent man dont trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his handthats the night the lights went out in georgia thats the night that they hung an innocent man dont trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his hand