Long Black Veil

Well, it was ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed beneath the town hall light
And there were few at the scene and though they all did agreed
That stranger that ran looked a lot like me

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail

The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"
But I spoke not a word although it meant my life
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 where the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

Nobody knows, no, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

Well, that scaffold is high and eternity's near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when that cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries on my bones

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail

Nobody knows, no, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me