Long Black Veil, The Lyrics - Johnny Cash

Ten years ago on a cold dark night 

Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights 

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, and eternity's near 

She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear 

But some times at night, when the cold wind moans 

In a long black veil, she cries over my bones 

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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 

I spoke not a word, though it meant my life 

I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife 

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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