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It's been forty three years since that night when i went out to do what's right Something that I've kept inside since then People searched but never found They followed my prints on the ground Never looking for anyone else, but men I'm the one who shot him dead Two bullets shot, and then I fled Now it's time to tell my tale 'bout then It was the night the lights went out in Georgia It was the night that they hung an innocent man Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands They looked high, and they looked low followed my prints in the snow Never caring if he did the crime They hung my brother from a tree The one who should have died was me I've never left, I've been here all the time I guess what goes around comes around The judge is now dust in the ground The sheriff, he is also long time dead It was the night the lights went out in Georgia It was the night that they hung an innocent man Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands It's been a long, long time since Andy died Rivers of tears that I have cried But in the end I can' change what was done Cause Andy's cheating wife never left town And her body has never been found Cause this little sister don't miss when she aims her gun It was the night the lights went out in Georgia It was the night that they hung an innocent man Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
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Jan 23, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 at 12:31 AM UTC
The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia continued
It's been forty three years since that night when i went out to do what's right Something that I've kept inside since then People searched but never found They followed my prints on the ground Never looking for anyone else, but men I'm the one who shot him dead Two bullets shot, and then I fled Now it's time to tell my tale 'bout then It was the night the lights went out in Georgia It was the night that they hung an innocent man Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands They looked high, and they looked low followed my prints in the snow Never caring if he did the crime They hung my brother from a tree The one who should have died was me I've never left, I've been here all the time I guess what goes around comes around The judge is now dust in the ground The sheriff, he is also long time dead It was the night the lights went out in Georgia It was the night that they hung an innocent man Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands It's been a long, long time since Andy died Rivers of tears that I have cried But in the end I can' change what was done Cause Andy's cheating wife never left town And her body has never been found Cause this little sister don't miss when she aims her gun It was the night the lights went out in Georgia It was the night that they hung an innocent man Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
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Jan 23, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 at 12:31 AM UTC
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