Long Black Veil (1964)

[Verse 1] Ten years ago on a cold dark night Someone was killed 'neath the Town Hall light The people who saw they all agreed The slayer who ran looked a lot like me [Verse 2] The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi? If you were somewheres else then you won't have to die" I spoke not a word, though it meant my life For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife [Chorus] She walks these hills in a long black veil Visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but mе [Verse 3] The scaffold is high, eternity nеar She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones [Chorus] She walks these hills in a long black veil Visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me