Long Black Veil Lyrics

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
Someone was killed beneath the town of lights
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me

Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil
She visits my grave, when the night winds wave

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

The scaffold was high, 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 on my bones

Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil,
She visits my grave, when the night winds wave

Nobody knows nobody sees, nobody knows but me

The judge said son what is your alibi,
If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die
I said not a word, though it meant my life
Id been in the arms of my best friends wife

Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil,
She visits my grave when the night winds wave

Nobody knows Nobody sees, nobody knows but me


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