The Long Black Veil

Ten years ago on a cold dark night There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light Just a few at the scene and they all agree That the man who ran looked a lot like me Well the judge said, "Son, what is your alibi? If you're somewhere else well you won't have to die" And I said not a word though it meant my life I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees Nobody knows but me Well the scaffold's high and eternity nears And she stands in the crowd and sheds not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans In a long black veil she cries all over my bones She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me, yeah