The Long Black Veil

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night

There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light

Just a few at the scene, and they all did agree

That the man who ran looked a lot like me

Well the judge said, "Son, what's your alibi?

If you're somewhere else, well you don't have to die"

And I spoke not a word, though 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 when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees

Nobody knows but me

Well the scaffold's high, and eternity nears

And she stands in the crowd, and sheds not a tear

But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans

In a long black veil, she cries all over my bones

She walks these hills in a long black veil

She visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees

Nobody knows but me

Nobody knows but me, yeah