Arraignment Night in Georgia

[Leith]

With apologies to Brook Benton

Sorry - I'm not a writer, especially when it comes to lyrics

Hoverin' by my airplane
Tryin' to find a loophole to exploit
Heavy laws fallin'
Seems I hear the voice chanting "lock him up"

Arraignment night in Georgia
Arraignment night in Georgia
I can't believe it's arraignments from Fulton GA
Over a perfect phone call with a pal

Protest signs a-wavin'
DAs and lawyers acting like I did wrong
The distant droning of pundits
All who say it's sad and claim it's not right

Arraignment night in Georgia
Arraignment night in Georgia
I can't believe it's arraignments from Fulton GA
Over a perfect phone call with a pal

That's all I got for 10 minutes of counting stressed and weak syllables. Maybe somebody else can spruce it up a bit.

[Walleye]

1. I like it! It's a great song too

[drray23]

2. not a writer? its pretty good lyrics

It could be a country song. Unfortunately, most country singers are right wingers.

[LiberaBlueDem]

3. Arraignment Night all over the world

You can bet Europe is happy as well as all America

[LastDemocratInSC]

4. Brook Brenton would be proud.

[misanthrope]

5. It was composed by Tony Joe White

Benton's version, while great, was a cover.