Long Black Veil

Ten years ago on a cold dark night

Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights

There were few at the scene, but they all agreed

That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

Chorus ~ She walks these hills, in a long black veil

She visits my grave, when the night winds vail

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows, but me

The Judge said son, what is your alibi

If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die

I spoke not a word, though it ment my life

For i'd been in the arms of my best friends wife

Chorus

Now the schaffold is high, and eternity's near

She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear

But some times at night, when the cold wind moans

In a long black veil, she cries over my bones

Chorus ~ She walks these hills, in a long black veil

When the cold winds blow, and the night winds wail

No body knows, no body sees

No body knows, but me