Don Williams - The Long Black Veil lyrics

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
A man 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 said: Son what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else
Then you won't have to die
Well, I spoke not a word
Though 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 visit's my grave when
The night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

The scaffold is high, an eternity nears
She stood in the crowd, shed not a tear
But sometimes at night
When the cold winds moan
She comes to my grave
And she cries on my bones

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visit's my grave when
The night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me