美國鄉村樂女王［蕾芭麥肯泰］──鄉村流行曲／南方哥德式謀殺抒情曲［The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia／喬治亞州的燈光熄滅之夜］

He was on his way home from Candletop
Been two weeks gone and he thought hed stop
At Webs and have him a drink fore he went home to her
Andy Wo-Lo said, "Hello"
He said, "Hi, whats new?"
And Wo said, "Sit down, I got some bad news thats gonna hurt"

Said, "Im your best friend and you know thats right
But your young bride aint home tonight
Since youve been gone, shes been seeing that Amos boy, Seth"
Now he got mad and he saw red
Andy said, "Boy, dont you lose your head
Cause to tell you the truth, Ive been with her myself"

Thats the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Thats the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, dont trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his hands

Andy got scared and left the bar
Walking on home cause he didnt live far, you see
Andy didnt have many friends and he just lost him one
Brother thought his wife must have left town
So he went home and finally found
The only thing Daddy had left him, and that was a gun

He went off to Andys house
Slipping through the backwoods quiet as a mouse
Came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
And he saw Andy lying on the floor
In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake

The Georgia patrol was making their rounds
So he fired a shot, just to flag em down
A big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said
"Whyd you do it?"

The judge said "guilty" on a make-believe trial
Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile
Said, "Suppers waiting at home and I got to get to it"

Thats the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Thats the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, dont trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his hands

Well, they hung my brother before I could say
The tracks he saw while on his way
To Andys house and back that night were mine
And his cheating wife had never left town
Thats one body thatll never be found
You see little sister dont miss when she aims her gun

Thats the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Thats the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, dont trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his hands

Thats the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Thats the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, dont trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his hands

１９９１年１０月初　３６歲半的美國鄉村樂女王蕾芭．麥肯泰爾（Reba McEntire）發行第十八張大碟〔For My Broken Heart／為我那破碎的心〕，仍由她跟Tony Brown共同製作

標題是紀念她在飛機失事罹難的巡迴樂團．

歌曲流露出蕾芭內心的悲慟

樂評大為讚賞, 認為是她事業最出色的大碟之一，是她最令人心碎的作品．

〔For My Broken Heart〕登上美國告示牌專輯榜＃１３（1992年榜#32），副榜──鄉村專輯榜＃３（1991年榜#71／1992#7／1993#38），

賣出四百多萬張，成為她事業最暢銷專輯之一

加拿大專輯榜＃７８，加拿大鄉村專輯榜冠軍.

〔For My Broken Heart〕專輯讓蕾芭得獎連連　包括：鄉村音樂學院獎（ACM）的年度藝人

美國音樂獎的最受喜愛鄉村女藝人, 最受喜愛鄉村專輯

葛萊美最佳鄉村女藝人提名, 鄉村樂協會獎數項提名……不勝枚舉

可見麥肯泰當時商業／藝術皆受肯定的高人氣．

１９９２年１月，大碟推出第三單曲［The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia／喬治亞州的燈光熄滅之夜］

這是翻唱Bobby Russell於 1972 年創作的南方哥德式謀殺抒情曲，

由他當時的妻子、歌手、喜劇演員和演員Vicki Lawrence首次錄製。

登上美國告示牌單曲榜首．

蕾芭版被製作成一首鄉村流行曲，節奏穩定，麥肯泰的嗓音扎實，詮釋帶有起伏的戲劇性．

蕾芭並拍攝一支犯罪劇情的音樂視頻．

［The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia］登上美國告示牌副榜──鄉村單曲榜＃１２，

加拿大鄉村單曲榜＃７．

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GMUlCBgd0

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFX7__h33Hs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8y4uuslvBo

(Acoustic Version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xwW5vlJUck