The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia

[Star♫]

He was on his way home from Candletop,
Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop
At Webb's and have him a drink 'fore he went home to her
Andy Wollo said hello,
And he said, "Hi, what's doin', Wo?"
Said, "Sit down. I got some bad news; it's gonna hurt."

Said, "I'm your best friend and you know that's right.
But your young bride ain't home tonight.
Since you been gone, she's been seein' that Amos boy Seth."
Well, he got mad 'n he saw red,
And Andy said, "Boy, don'tcha lose your head
'Cause to tell ya the truth, I been with her myself."

Chorus:
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Well, Andy got scared and left the bar,
Walkin' on home 'cause he didn't live far
See, Andy didn't have many friends and he'd just lost him one
Brother thought his wife musta left town
So, he went home and finally found
The only thing Papa had left him 'n that was a gun

And he went off to Andy's house,
A-skippin' 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 lyin' on the floor
In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

Well, the Georgia Patrol was a-makin' their rounds
So, he fired a shot just to flag 'em down,
And a big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said, "Why'd ya do it?"
And the judge said, "Guilty!" in a make-believe trial,
Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile,
Said, "Supper's waitin' at home and I gotta get to it."

Chorus

Well, they hung my brother before I could say
The tracks he saw while on his way
To Andy's house and back that night were mine
And his cheatin' wife had never left town
And that's one body that'll never be found
See, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

Chorus

[emily]

I like this song. Actually I first heard it off a HP fan video. Harry was the man who was hanged, Hermione was his sister, Dumbledore was the lawyer and Cho was the cheating wife. Here it is youtube.com/watch?v=u8rZU8mZN7o

[Star♫]

Wow that was insanely good! Here's the music video for the Reba version. I'd say original, but she's actually not the orginal person to sing it. Viki Lawrence was, but honestly, her version isn't that good. I'm pretty close to writing a fanfic to it at the moment. I'm thinking High School Musical. I'd probably get a lot of flames if I did that though, no matter what pairing I did lol.

youtube.com/watch?v=wqZVZGo2mXc

[emily]

Thanks for the video. I think having the characters talk was a bit distracting in the song. What pairing will you do if you make it into a fanfic?

[Star♫]

You're welcome. Yeah it was, but it added to the story of the song a bit. Considering it's just a song, that is a extremely complicated story going on in it!

I don't know yet. I figured having Ryan and Sharpay as the brother and the sister, but I haven't decided who to have as their wife and fiance (I'm going with the Reba version from the video too probably). But I also got from the song that the judge and lawyer were also sleeping with the wife so that could have even more of the characters added in that way. Which characters do you think would go best?

[emily]

Well there are so many combinations to think of, how about troy as Seth, Gabriella as the wife, Chad as Andy? Or Kelsey as the wife, or have Zeke as Seth.

[Star♫]

I eventually ended up with Troy as Andy, Gabriella as the wife, Zeke as the judge, and Chad as Seth. I added a couple of random twists too. I already posted the first chapter lol. I got really into it on Saturday and Sunday.

Here's the link if you're curious www.fanfiction.net/s/4209173/1/The_Night_the_Lights_Went_Out_In_New_Mexico

[emily]

How long do you think it will take you to finish the fic? I make it a rule to read only finished fiction. I did have a little read of your work anyway and your really good at HSM fiction.

[Star♫]

Thanks! Um, actually I have about two paragraphs left to write of it. I'm not posting it all right now though. I say give it about a week and it'll all be there. I'll let you know though if you want me to. That's a good rule though. No agonizing waits lol.

[emily]

Yeah, reading an incomplete story is the worst because sometimes they never finish the story or take it off the web and then I'm left wondering what happened next. So let me know when you finish it, I'm in no hurry so take your time.

[Star♫]

Will do. Oh there is this INCREDIBLE Hp fanfics I read (it took me about 5 days to read them all and pretty much those five days straight) but the author was gone for three months. She should be back sometime soon (thank goodness since she hasn't finished the last story in the trilogy yet), but I only started reading them because they had over 5500 reviews. They are insanely good. As in if the author published a book I'd be one of the first in line to buy the book.