Long Black Veil (1963) / Joan Baez
Long Black Veil
- Joan Baez-
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light
The people who saw they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
The judge he 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
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 is high and eternity is near
She stands in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In the 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 !
Long Black Veil / Joan Baez(1963)