Long Black Veil (LIVE)
By Johnny Cash
From the album "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison"
 
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Ten years ago, on a cold dark night 
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Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall light 
                                      
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed 
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That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me 



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She walks these hills in a long black veil 
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She visits my grave when the night winds wail 
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Nobody knows, nobody sees 
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Nobody knows but me     



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The judge said son, what is your alibi 
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If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die 
                               
I spoke not a word,   al-tho' it meant my life 
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For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife 


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The scaffold is high and eternity's near 
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She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear 
                                 
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans 
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In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones 



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She walks these hills in a long black veil 
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She visits my grave when the night winds wail 
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Nobody knows, nobody sees 
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Nobody knows but me