Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
Just a few at the scene & 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, well you don't have to die".
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
I'd been in the arms of my best friends 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's high and eternity nears
Well she stands in the crowd and sheds not a tear.
But sometimes at night where the cold wind 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.
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
Just a few at the scene & 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, well you don't have to die".
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
I'd been in the arms of my best friends 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's high and eternity nears
Well she stands in the crowd and sheds not a tear.
But sometimes at night where the cold wind 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.