Johnny Cash - The Long Black Veil lyrics
[Johnny Cash - The 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
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 Judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else
You won't have to die"
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
I'd been in the arms of
My best friend's wife
Now the scaffold seemed high
And eternity was near
She stood in the crowd
But she shed not a tear
But some times at night when
The cold wind calls
She comes to my grave and
She moans 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
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
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
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 Judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else
You won't have to die"
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
I'd been in the arms of
My best friend's wife
Now the scaffold seemed high
And eternity was near
She stood in the crowd
But she shed not a tear
But some times at night when
The cold wind calls
She comes to my grave and
She moans 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
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me