The Long Black Veil (Live)

Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed beneath the town hall light
There were few 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
She visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

There the Judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?"
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die
But, I said not a word, though it meant my life
'Cause I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

Well the scaffold is high, and eternity is near
She stood in the crowd, and she shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind blows
In a long black veil, she cries over my bones

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