Long Black Veil

ten years ago
 on a cold dark night
 a man was killed beneath the town hall light
 though there were few
 present at the scene
 they say the man that fled looked a lot like me
 and she walks these hills
 in a long black veil
 she visits my grave
 when the night winds wail
 nobody knows him
 nobody sees
 nobody knows but me
 the church said son
 "what is your aliby?"
 if you were somewhere else
 then you would not have to die
 oh I said not a word
 it would have meant my life
 for i was in the arms of my best friend's wife
 and she walks these hills
 in a long black veil
 she visits my grave
 when the night winds wail
 nobody knows him
 nobody sees
 nobody knows but me
 the scaffold is high
 eternity is near
 she was in a crowd
 she shed not a tear
 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
 some time at night when a cold wind blows
 a long black veil it rests oh on my bones
 and she walks these hills in a long black veil
 she visits my grave when the night winds wail
 nobody knows him
 nobody sees
 nobody knows but me
 nobody knows him
 nobody sees
 nobody knows
 but me