Long Black Veil
Ten years ago
On a cold, dark night
Someone was killed
Beneath the town hall light
There were few at the scene
But they all agreed
That the slayer who ran
Looked a lot like me
She walks these hills
In a long black veil
She whispers my name
When the night winds wail
Nobody knows
Nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Now the judge said, son what is your
Alibi, if you were somewhere else
Then you don'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
She walks these hills
In a long black veil
She whispers my name
When the night winds wail
Nobody knows
Nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Now the scaffold looms
And eternity is 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 over my bones
She walks these hills
In a long black veil
She whispers my name
When the night winds wail
Nobody knows
Nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows
Nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
