The Chieftains - The Long Black Veil lyrics

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night Someone was k**ed 'neath the town hall light Just a few at the scene and they all did agree That the man who ran looked a lot like me Well the judge said, "Son, what's your alibi? If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die" But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees Nobody knows but me Well, the scaffold is high and eternity near She stands in the crowd and sheds not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold winds moans In a long black veil, she cries all over my bones She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, Lord, nobody sees Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me, yeah