Long Black Veil lyrics by Johnny Cash
Artist: Johnny CashTitle: Long Black Veil
Writers: Marijohn Wilkin and Danny Dill (1959)
First recording by Johnny Cash: 1965
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Ten years ago,
on a cold dark night
Someone was 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
Now 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 scaffold is high
Eternity is near
She stood in the crowd
and shed not a tear
But some times at night
when the north wind blows
In a long black veil
she cries on my bones
Now 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
but I spoke not a word
thou it meant my life
I'd been in the arms
of my best friend's wife
Now 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
