Long Black Veil

[Verse 1: Rosanne Cash]

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night

Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light

There were few at the scene, but they all did agree

That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

[Verse 2: Rosanne Cash]

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 meant my life

For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

[Chorus: Rosanne Cash & Jeff Tweedy]

She walks these hills in a long black veil

She visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees

Nobody knows but me

[Verse 3: Rosanne Cash]

The scaffold is high and eternity near

She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans

In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones

[Chorus: Rosanne Cash & Jeff Tweedy]

She walks these hills in a long black veil

She visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees

Nobody knows but me

Nobody knows, nobody sees

Nobody knows but me