Long Black Veil

The Band

1.
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light.
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me.

2.
The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die.
I said not a word though it meant my life,
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

CHORUS:
She walks these hills in a long black veil.
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees;
nobody knows but me.

3.
The scaffold was 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 over my bones.

CHORUS:She walks...