Hank Williams Jr. - Long Black Veil lyrics
Hank Williams Jr. [Randall Hank Williams] Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. 🇺🇸
[Hank Williams Jr. - Long Black Veil lyrics]
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 said: Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else
Maybe 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 visit's my grave when
The night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night
When the cold wind moans
In a long black veil
She cries o'er 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
Long black veil
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 said: Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else
Maybe 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 visit's my grave when
The night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The scaffold was high and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night
When the cold wind moans
In a long black veil
She cries o'er 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
Long black veil