Long Black Veil

[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

That 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 me

[Verse 3]

The scaffold is high, eternity near

She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear

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