Long Black Veil (4/4)

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Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night

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There was some one killed 'neath the town hall light

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There were few at the scene but they all agreed

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That man 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 while the night winds wail

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Nobody knows, nobody sees, 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 don't have to die

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I spoke not a word though it meant my life

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I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

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The scaffold was high and eternity was near

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She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

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But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan

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In a long black veil, she cries o'r my bones