Long Black Veil

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Long Black Veil by Rosanne Cash

Long Black Veil Lyrics

[00:06.35] Ten years ago on a cold dark night
[00:13.53] There was someone killed 'neath the town hall lights
[00:19.95] There were few at the scene but they all agree
[00:26.24] That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
[00:36.10] The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi
[00:42.56] If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"
[00:49.77] I spoke not a word though it meant my life
[00:56.01] For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife
[01:05.18] She walks these hills in a long black veil
[01:13.25] She visits my grave when the night winds wail
[01:25.01] Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me
[01:38.63] The scaffold is high and eternity near
[01:48.51] She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
[01:54.87] But some times at night when the cold wind moans
[02:02.19] In a long black veil she cries over my bones
[02:11.19] She walks these hills in a long black veil
[02:19.29] She visits my grave when the night winds wail
[02:28.32] Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me
[02:42.73] Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me
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From the album: The Essential Collection, Vol. 2