Long Black Veil Lyrics - Joan Baez

Ten years ago on a cold dark night 

Someone was killed 'neath the Town Hall light 

The people who saw, 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'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife 

She walks these hills in a long black veil 

Visits my grave when the night winds wail 

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me 

The scaffold is high, eternity near 

She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear 

But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan 

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

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She walks these hills in a long black veil 

Visits my grave when the night winds wail 

Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me 

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