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 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

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 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

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 but me

Nobody knows but me