Bobby Bare "Long Black Veil" |
(Marijohn Wilkin - Danny Dill) Ten years ago on a cold dark night Someone was 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 he said, "Son what is your alibi? If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die." I spoke not a word although it meant my life For 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, nobody sees, nobody knows but me --- Instrumental --- The scaffold was high and eternity was near She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans In the long black veil she cries o'er my bones. Yes, she walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me... Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |