Long Black Veil - Richard Hawley
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone 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 although it meant my life
I had 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 no and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The scaffold was high and eternity neared
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 over my bones
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows no and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail