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(bobby russell) |
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He was on his way home from candletop |
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Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop |
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At web's and have him a drink for he went home to her |
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Andy wo-lo said hello |
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He said 'hi what's a doing' |
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Wo said 'sit down i got some bad news that's gonna hurt' |
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Said i'm your best friend and you know that's right |
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But your young bride ain't home tonight |
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Since you been gone she's been seeing that amos boy seth |
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He got mad and he saw red |
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Andy said boy don't you lose your head |
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Cause to tell you the truth i've been with her myself |
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Chorus: |
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That's the night the lights went out in georgia |
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That's the night that they hung an innocent man |
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Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer |
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Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hand |
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Andy got scared and left the bar |
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Walking on home cause he didn't live far you see |
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Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one |
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Brother thought his wife must've left town |
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So he went home and finally found the only thing |
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Daddy had left him and that was a gun |
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He went off to andy's house |
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Slipping through the back woods quiet as a mouse |
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Came upon some tracks too small for andy to make |
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He looked through the screen at the back porch door |
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He saw andy lying on the floor |
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In a puddle of blood and he started to shake |
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The georgia patrol was making their rounds |
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So he fired a shot just to flag em down |
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And a big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said |
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'why'd you do it?' |
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The judge said guilty in a make believe trial |
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Slapped the sherrif on the back with a smile and said |
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'suppers waiting at home and i got to get to it' |
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Chorus |
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They hung my brother before i could say |
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The tracks he saw while on his way |
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To andy's house and back that night were mine |
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And his cheatin wife had never left town |
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And that's one body that'll be found |
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You see little sister don't miss when she aims her gun |
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Repeat chorus twice |