Long Black Veil

Lyrics

Ten years ago on a cool dark night
 There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
 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 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 sky froze 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

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Song Details

Duration
04:41
Key
2
Tempo
80 BPM

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