He was on his way home from Candletop
Dia sedang dalam perjalanan pulang dari Candletop
Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop
Sudah dua minggu berlalu dan dia pikir dia akan berhenti
At Web's and have him a drink for he went home to her
Di Web's untuk minum sebelum pulang ke rumahnya
Andy Wo-Lo said hello
Andy Wo-Lo menyapa
He said "Hi what's a doing"
Dia berkata, "Hai, ada apa?"
Wo said "Sit down I got some bad news that's gonna hurt"
Wo berkata, "Duduklah, aku punya berita buruk yang akan menyakitkan"
Said I'm your best friend and you know that's right
Dia bilang, "Aku sahabatmu dan kau tahu itu benar"
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Tapi istri mudamu tidak ada di rumah malam ini
Since you been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy Seth
Sejak kau pergi, dia sudah bertemu dengan anak Amos, Seth
He got mad and he saw red
Dia marah dan merasa terbakar
Andy said boy don't you lose your head
Andy berkata, "Jangan sampai kau kehilangan akalmu"
Cause to tell you the truth I've been with her myself
Karena sejujurnya, aku juga pernah bersamanya

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That's the night the lights went out in Georgia
Itulah malam ketika lampu padam di Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Itulah malam mereka menggantung seorang pria yang tidak bersalah
Don't trust your soul to no back woods Southern lawyer
Jangan percayakan jiwamu pada pengacara selatan yang culas
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hand
Karena hakim di kota itu punya noda darah di tangannya

Andy got scared and left the bar
Andy merasa takut dan meninggalkan bar
Walking on home cause he didn't live far you see
Berjalan pulang karena dia tidak tinggal jauh, kau tahu
Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one
Andy tidak punya banyak teman dan dia baru saja kehilangan satu
Brother thought his wife must've left town
Saudaranya pikir istrinya pasti sudah pergi dari kota
So he went home and finally found the only thing
Jadi dia pulang dan akhirnya menemukan satu-satunya barang
Daddy had left him and that was a gun
Yang ditinggalkan ayahnya, yaitu sebuah pistol
He went off to Andy's house
Dia pergi ke rumah Andy
Slipping through the back woods quiet as a mouse
Menyelinap melalui hutan belakang sepelan tikus
Came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make
Menemukan jejak yang terlalu kecil untuk dibuat Andy
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
Dia melihat melalui layar di pintu teras belakang
He saw Andy lying on the floor
Dia melihat Andy tergeletak di lantai
In a puddle of blood and he started to shake
Dalam genangan darah dan dia mulai bergetar

The Georgia patrol was making their rounds
Patroli Georgia sedang melakukan putaran mereka
So he fired a shot just to flag em down
Jadi dia menembakkan peluru hanya untuk memanggil mereka
And a big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said
Dan seorang sheriff bertubuh besar meraih senjatanya dan berkata
"Why'd you do it?"
"Kenapa kau melakukannya?"

Chorus

They hung my brother before I could say
Mereka menggantung saudaraku sebelum aku sempat berkata
The tracks he saw while on his way
Jejak yang dia lihat saat dalam perjalanan
To Andy's house and back that night were mine
Ke rumah Andy dan kembali malam itu adalah milikku
And his cheatin wife had never left town
Dan istrinya yang curang tidak pernah meninggalkan kota
And that's one body that'll be found
Dan itu adalah satu mayat yang akan ditemukan
You see little sister don't miss when she aims her gun
Kau lihat, adik kecil tidak meleset saat dia mengarahkan pistolnya

Repeat Chorus twice
Ulangi Refrain dua kali