The long Black Veil

Ten years ago on a cold dark night Someone was killed beneath the town hall lights  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 visits 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 then you won't have to die. I spoke not a word though it meant my life I been in the arms of my best friend's wife Now the scaffold is high and eternity is near She stood in a crowd and shed not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans In a long black veil she cries over my bones She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows nobody sees Nobody knows but me Nobody knows nobody sees Nobody knows but me