"Long Black Veil (Live)" lyrics - MJ LENDERMAN

Ten years ago on a cold, dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light
Few at the scene, but they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me

Judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, you won't have to die"
I said not a word, though it meant my life
I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

[Chorus:]
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, oh and, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

Scaffold was high, and eternity near
She stood in the crowd, and she shed not a tear
Sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
A long black veil she cries over my bones

[Chorus:]
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, oh and, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

[Outro:]
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows, oh and, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me