The Chieftains, Mick Jagger - The Long Black Veil lyrics
[The Chieftains, Mick Jagger - The Long Black Veil lyrics]
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the
Town hall light just a few at the scene
And they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said "Son, what's your alibi?
If you were somewheres else
Then you won't have to die"
But I spoke not a word
Tho' 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
Visit's 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
Someone was killed 'neath the
Town hall light just a few at the scene
And they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said "Son, what's your alibi?
If you were somewheres else
Then you won't have to die"
But I spoke not a word
Tho' 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
Visit's 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