Faron Young - Long Black Veil lyrics

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night There was someone k**ed 'neath the town hall light There were few at the scene, but they all agree 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 I had 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 and nobody sees Nobody knows but me The scaffold was high and eternity near She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans In a long black veil, she cries all alone She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows and nobody sees Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me