"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.
Recorded in late October 1972 in United/Western Studios on Sunset in Hollywood and released less than two weeks later in November 1972, the song centers around the older brother of the narrator.
The lyrics are narrated by a young woman telling the story of her older brother (Raymond) who returns home after a two-week trip and meets his best friend (Andy Wolloe) at Webb's bar ("Andy Wolloe said hello, and he said, 'Hi, what's doing, Wo?'"). Andy informs him that Raymond's wife has been cheating on him with another man ("that Amos boy Seth"). For good measure Andy reveals that he, too, has been sleeping with his friend's wife. Raymond is understandably upset, which scares Andy so he leaves the bar and walks home. Finding his home empty, Raymond assumes his wife left town. He gets his gun ("the only thing Papa had left him") and heads out to murder Andy. When Raymond arrives at Andy's house, Raymond finds small tracks outside the house ("tracks that were too small for Andy to make") and discovers that someone has already killed Andy. Raymond fires his gun in the air to summon a passing sheriff. When he is found standing over the dead body with a smoking gun, he is arrested for murder. The sheriff and a judge convict Raymond in a kangaroo court, and hang him that night at midnight, effectively lynching him. In the final verse, the singer then reveals that it was she ("little sister") who killed Andy and that she also killed her promiscuous sister-in-law ("one body that'll never be found").
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