Long Black Veil

Rosanne Cash - Long Black Veil

Ten years ago on a cold dark night

Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights

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 else, then you won't have to die"

I spoke not a word, though it meant my life

For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife

[01:04.62]She walks these hills, in a long black veil

[01:13.59]She visits my grave, when the night winds wail

[02:27.97][01:24.99]Nobody knows, nobody sees

[02:35.10][01:31.36]Nobody knows, but me

The scaffold is high, and eternity's near

She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear

But some times at night, when the cold wind moans

In a long black veil, she cries over my bones