THE LONG BLACK VEIL

Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed in the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
that the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

The judge said "Son, what is your alibi,
If you were somewhere else, the you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

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

The scaffold was high and enernity near
She stood in the back and she shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the night wind moans
in a long black veil she cries o'er my bones

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