Joan Baez - Long Black Veil Lyrics
Ten years ago on a cold dark night,Someone was killed Âneath the Town Hall lightThe people who saw they all agreedThat the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.The judge said, Âson, what is your alibi?If you were somewheres else,then you won't have to dieÂ.I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.She walks these hills in a long black veil,Visits my grave when the night winds wail,Nobody knows, nobody sees,Nobody knows, but me.The scaffold is high, eternity near,She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear,But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones.She walks these hills in a long black veil,Visits my grave when the night winds wail,Nobody knows, nobody sees,Nobody knows, but me.