Mike Ness - Long Black Veil lyrics

rate me

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night

There was someone killed, 'neath the town hall light

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 selse

Then you wont have to die

I spoke not a word, though it meant my life

For I been in the arms, of my best friend's wife

Chorus

She walks these hills

In her long black veil

She visits my grave

When the cold winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees

Nobody knows, but me

The sky has turned dark, and eternity's near

She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear

Late at night, when the cold winds moan

In her long black veil

She cries o'r my bones

Repeat Chorus