long black veil

Lyrics

ten years ago on a cold dark night, a man was killed 'neath the town hall lights, there were few at the scene and they all did agree, that the man who ran looked a lot like 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, i'd been in the arms of my best friends wife, she walks these hills in a long black veil, and visits my grave when the night winds wail, and nobody knows, and nobody sees, and nobody knows, but me, the scaffold is high and eternity's near, she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear, but some times at night when the cold winds blow, in a long black veil, lord, she cries over my bones, she walks these hills in a long black veil, and visits my grave where the night winds wail, and nobody knows, lord, and nobody sees, nobody knows, but me, lord, nobody knows, lord, and nobody sees, nobody knows, but me