Long Black Veil

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Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night,
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Somebody was killed, 'neath the town hall lights.
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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.


[Verse 2]
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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".
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And 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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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.


[Verse 3]
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Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near,
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She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear.
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But sometimes at night, when a cold wind moans,
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In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.


[Chorus]
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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.