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 wo-lo said hello
He said hi whats a doing
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
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 myself

Chorus:
Thats 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

Andy 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 make
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
He saw andy lying on the floor
In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

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
Whyd you do it?

The judge said guilty in a make believe trial
Slapped the sherrif on the back with a smile and said
Suppers waiting at home and I got to get to it

Chorus

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
And thats one body thatll be found
You see little sister dont miss when she aims her gun

Repeat chorus twice

yeah i love this song too - even though I prefer Vicki Lawrence's original over it - no one else could have covered this song & have been taken seriously. Reba pulled it off with grace and style, as always.

LOVE it

DONT READ THIS U WILL GET KISSED
BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE ON SATURDAY
TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF UR
LIFE BUT YOU HAVE TO REPOST THIS IF U
REPOST THIS IN 2 SONG U WILL DIE IN
TWO HOURS IF U REPOST THIS TO 5 SONGS
IT WILL TRUELY BE THE BEST DAY OF UR
LIFE AFTER UR DONE PUSH F6 ON UR
KEYBORD AND THE LOVE OF UR LIFE WILL
APEAR IN BIG LETTERS ITS SCARY BUT IT
WORKS

I love this song sooooooooooo much !!! I really just don't know what to say
By the way... The person with the picture with the llama that says OBEY...is that Kate??

love this song but i still love Vicki Lawrence's original version more. In fact, I was surprised to find out (more than 10 years ago) it was Vicki Lawrence who sang this song, originally. I always thought of her as a comedian and actress.

omg i love this song ......i havent heard it since i was a lil youngin lol

I like it a lot better than the original (sadly, originals are usually better)

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 wo-lo said hello
He said hi whats a doing
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
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 myself

Chorus:
Thats 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

Andy 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 make
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
He saw andy lying on the floor
In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

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
Whyd you do it?

The judge said guilty in a make believe trial
Slapped the sherrif on the back with a smile and said
Suppers waiting at home and I got to get to it

Chorus

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
And thats one body thatll be found
You see little sister dont miss when she aims her gun

Repeat chorus twice

i know me too!!!!!