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 for he went home to her  Andy wo-lo said hello  He said hi what's a doing  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 aint home tonight  Since you been gone she's 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 I've been with her myself    Chorus:  That's the night the lights went out in Georgia  That's 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 didn't live far you see  Andy didnt have many friends and he just lost him one  Brother thought his wife must've 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  Why'd you do it?    The judge said guilty in a make believe trial  Slapped the sheriff 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 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  You see little sister dont miss when she aims her gun    Repeat chorus twice    these lyrics are submitted by Dolores Smith  these lyrics are last corrected by Barbara Harrison