What's the story behind the song, the lights go out in georgia? I never got !


Question: It was originally sung by Vicki Lawrence, but then Reba McIntire covered it.


Answers: It was originally sung by Vicki Lawrence, but then Reba McIntire covered it.

It's a pretty intricate tale that centres around a love triangle, a murder, and mistaken identity.

"Recorded in late October of 1972 and released less than two weeks later in November of 1972, the song centers around the older brother of the singer; their names are not revealed in the song, but in the 1981 film the siblings are named Travis and Amanda Child. The brother meets his "best friend" Andy in a bar called Webbs for a drink after a two-week trip. Andy bluntly reveals that the brother's wife has been cheating on him with another man (named Seth Ames). Andy also reveals that he has "been with her himself."

Later that evening, the brother gets his gun and goes to Andy's house (presumably, to kill him), but finds small tracks outside Andy's house and discovers that someone has already killed Andy. He fires his gun in the air to summon a passing sheriff; unfortunately for him, he is arrested at the scene, wrongly convicted in a speedy ("make-believe") trial, and hanged.

The singer then reveals that it was, in fact, she that killed Andy, as well as her older brother's cheating wife. No further mention is made of Seth Ames, nor his fate in this twisted tale."

For more, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_t...

it's about a murder



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