Rosanne Cash - Long Black Veil lyrics

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Ten years ago on a cold dark night<br />

Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights<br />

There were few at the scene, but they all agreed<br />

That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me<br />

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Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil<br />

She visits my grave, when the night winds wail<br />

Nobody knows, nobody sees<br />

Nobody knows, but me<br />

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The scaffold is high, and eternity's near<br />

She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear<br />

But some times at night, when the cold wind moans<br />

In a long black veil, she cries over my bones<br />

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She walks these hills, in a long black veil<br />

She visits my grave, when the night winds wail<br />

Nobody knows, nobody sees<br />

Nobody knows, but me<br />

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The Judge said, "Son, what is your alibi<br />

If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die"<br />

I spoke not a word, though it meant my life<br />

For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife<br />

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She walks these hills, in a long black veil<br />

She visits my grave, when the night winds wail<br />

Nobody knows, nobody sees<br />

Nobody knows, but me<br />

Nobody knows, nobody sees<br />

Nobody knows, but me<br /><br />