The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia...

"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic song written by songwriter Bobby Russell and performed in 1972 by his then-wife Vicki Lawrence; Reba McEntire later covered it in 1991 (from Wikipedia).

Cover performed by Rachael Johnson and Dusty Parker
live at Picks, Nashville (Best Western Music Row)

Rachael Johnson on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/rachaelselene

Hey dear Rachael,
Send my greetings to you, Dusty and your Mom and Dad...
Hugs from Germany, Heidi


Lyrics:
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 that'll be found
You see little sister dont miss when she aims her gun

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[bodey0nine]

She was alright but not as good as reba

[HildaJeanAM]

Enjoyed:) I like this song!

[JeffreyGodwin]

You go girl!

[danix803874]

The guitar player did a good job... voice is okay... didn't put much emotion into it... I just didn't buy that her brother was hung because of her... LOL...

There was a goof or two... she needs to rehearse a little more... but, over-all, it was okay... not as good as Reba and no where near as good as Kelly... I think that it was great for the amount of work that was probably put into it... can't wait for the next one...

[videotransmission]

Great job. I like this on also... Check this one on Youtube

Jennfier Nettles~ The Night The Lights Went out in Georgia

[boscoboy911]

This is good.Who is the idiot that said this sucks?I am not into chunky chicks but this one is sexy!!!!!!!!!!

[dezoizm79]

beatifully done. why slow it down though?

[xennady]

Great version of this song sung by a beautiful women with a great voice.

What more can you ask for? I love it.

[teddybear4422]

u suck

[MrPecus]

Nice voice. :)