The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Reba McEntire, Vicki Lawrence

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  S1:
  He was on his way home from Candletop 

  Been two weeks gone and he 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 new?" and Wo said 

  "Sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt."
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  S2:
  Said "I'm your best friend and you know that's right 

  But your young bride ain't home tonight 

  Since you've 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."
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  R1:
  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
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  S3:
  Andy got scared and left the bar 

  Walking 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 have left town 

  So he went home and finally found 

  The only thing Daddy had left him, and that was a gun
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  S4:
  He went off to Andy's house 

  Slipping 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 lying on the floor 

  In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake
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  R2:
  The 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 "Why'd you do it?"
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  S5:
  The judge said "guilty" on a make-believe trial 

  Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile 

  Said "Supper's waiting at home and I got to get to it"
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  R1:
  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
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  S6:
  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 cheating 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
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  R1:
  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
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  R1:
  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
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