Long Black Veil – Jerry Garcia (originally by Lefty Frizzell)

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
There was someone killed ‘neath the town hall light
There were few there at the scene, but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

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 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
Visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows, but me

The gallows were close and eternity near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
Sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow
In a long black veil, she cries o’er my bones

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
Nobody knows, but me