Long Black Veil – John Anderson (feat. Merle Haggard)
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Ten years ago on a cold dark night A man was killed ‘neath the town hall lights There were few at the scene and they all did agree That the man 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 I’d been in the arms of my best friends wife
She walks these hills in a long black veil And visits my grave when the night winds wail And nobody knows, and nobody sees And 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 winds blow In a long black veil, Lord, she cries over my bones
She walks these hills in a long black veil And visits my grave where the night winds wail And nobody knows, Lord, and nobody sees Nobody knows, but me
Lord, nobody knows, Lord, and nobody sees Nobody knows, but me