Long Black Veil

Rosanne Cash - Long Black Veil

Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was 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, though it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife
[01:04.62]She walks these hills, in a long black veil
[01:13.59]She visits my grave, when the night winds wail
[02:27.97][01:24.99]Nobody knows, nobody sees
[02:35.10][01:31.36]Nobody knows, but me
The scaffold is high, and eternity's near
She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear
But some times at night, when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries over my bones