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Long Black Veil
Sammi Smith
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Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran was standing there with me
The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, you won't have to die"
He spoke not a word although it meant his life
'Cause he'd been in my arms his best friend's wife
And now I walk these hills in a long black veil
I visit his grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The scaffold was high, eternity near
I stood in the crowd and I shed not one tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In the long black veil, I cry for his bones
And I walk these hills in a long black veil
I visit his grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light