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Artist: Johnny Cash
Canonical path: /johnny-cash/the-long-black-veil
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The Long Black Veil
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The Long Black Veil
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Ten years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed beneath the town hall lights
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
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 judge said son, what is your aliby
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word, though it ment my life
I've been in the arms, of my best friends wife
Now the schaffold see high, and eternity was near
She stood in the crowd, and shared not a tear
But sometimes at nights when the cold wind calls
She comes to my grave and she moans on 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
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