He was on his way home from Candletop 
Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop 
At William's and have him a drink 'fore he went home to her 
Andy Wolloe said "Hello" 
And he said "Hi, what's doin', Wo?" 
"Seth, sit down, I got some bad news, 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 seein' that Amos boy, Seth " 
Well, he got mad 'n' he saw red and Andy said "Boy, don'tcha lose your head" 
" 'cause to tell ya the truth, I 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 bloodstains 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'd 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, that was a gun 
And he went off to Andy's house 
A'skippin' 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 lyin' on the floor 
In a puddle of blood and he started to shake 
Well, the Georgia Patrol was a'makin' their rounds 
So he fired a shot just to flag 'em down 
And a big-bellied sheriff got his gun and said "why'dya do it?" 
And the judge said "Guilty" in a make-believe trial 
And 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 bloodstains 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-aah 
That's the night that they hung an innocent man, ah-huh-unh 
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer