Long Black Veil
(Johnny Cash)

(Wilkin/Dill)
1988 PolyGram Records Inc. (original version)

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 was high, eternity near
she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans
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
I spoke not a word, though 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