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Long Black Veil

Lyrics

Ten years ago on a cold dark night 
Someone was killed beneath the townhall light 
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed 
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me 
She walks these hills in a long black veil 
She visits my grave when the night winds wail 
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me 

The judge said "son, what is your aliby? 
If you were somewhere else, then you wont have to die." 
I said not a word, though it meant my life, 
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife. 
Oh, she walks these hills in a long black veil. 
She visits my grave when the night winds wail. 
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me. 

Oh, now the scaffold is high, eternity is near 
She stood in the crowd and she'd not a tear 
And sometimes at night when the cold winds blow 
In a long black veil she cries over my bones. 
She walks these hills in a long black veil 
She visits my grave when the night winds wail 
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me. 

Oh, she walks these hills in a long black veil 
She visits my grave when the night winds wail 
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me. 

Nobody knows. nobody knows, but me. 
Nobody knows but me.

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