Songtext Long black veil Johnny Rivers

Long black veil

Ten years ago, on a cool dark night
There was someone 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

Well the judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, then 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 visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, good Lord, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

Well the sky goes high, and eternity's 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 all night long

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, good Lord, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows but me