HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME
FROM CANDLETOP
BEEN TWO WEEKS GONE
AND HE THOUGHT HE'D STOP
AT WEBB'S
AND HAVE HIM A DRINK
'FORE HE WENT HOME TO HER
ANDY WOLLOE SAID, HELLO
HE SAID, HI, WHAT'S NEW
AND WO SAID
SIT DOWN, I GOT SOME BAD
NEWS THAT'S GONNA HURT
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
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
BLOOD STAINS ON HIS HANDS
WELL, 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
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
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
THE JUDGE SAID GUILTY
ON A MAKE-BELIEVE TRIAL
SLAPPED THE SHERIFF ON THE
BACK WITH A SMILE, AND SAID
SUPPER'S WAITING AT HOME
AND I GOT TO 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
BLOOD STAINS 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 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
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
BLOOD STAINS ON HIS HANDS
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
BLOOD STAINS ON HIS HANDS