Long Black Veil Lyrics

ALBUM - Sing of his "LIFE AS A RODEO MAN" - 1975
LONG BLACK VEIL
CAPO I
Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed,
That the slayer 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 friend's wife
Now 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
Now 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, nobody sees, nobody knows but me