Long Black Veil Lyrics - Music From Big Pink - Band

Ten years ago on a cool dark night 

There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light 

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 although it meant my life 

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 where the night winds wail 

Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees 

Nobody knows but me 

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The scaffold was high and eternity neared 

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 over my bones 

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