New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Long Black Veil lyrics

Dill-Wilkin Ten years ago, on a cold dark night There was someone k**ed 'neath the town hall light There were few there at the scene, but they all agreed That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me Chorus She walks these hills in a long black veil (note 1) Visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows, but 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 For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife [chorus] The gallows were close and eternity near She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear Sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow (note 2) In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones [chorus] Nobody knows but me