Long Black Veil Lyrics - Del Reeves

Ten years ago on a cold 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 

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 

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 nobody sees nobody knows but me 

The scaffold was high and eternity near 

She stood in the crowd and she shed not one tear 

But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan 

In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones