Chris Ledoux Long Black Veil Lyrics

Long Black Veil Lyrics

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 did agree



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 shed not a
tear



But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans



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



She walks these hills...



Nobody knows but me