The Long Black Veil lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all did agree
That the man who ran, he looked a lot like me
Now the judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
'Cause if you were somewhere else, you won't have to die"
But I spoke not a word although it meant my life
'Cause I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

[Chorus]
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave as the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

[Verse 2]
Now the sky fold is high and eternity's near
As she stands in the crowd and she sheds not a tear
But sometimes at night when that cold wind blows
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones

[Chorus]
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave as the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me