Long Black Veil Lyrics by Dave Matthews

Long Black Veil Lyrics

    ten years ago on a cold dark night
    Someone was killed beneath the townhall light
    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 wont have to die."
    I said not a word, though it meant my life,
    For i'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
    Oh, 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.

    Oh, now the scaffold is high, eternity is near
    She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
    And sometimes at night when the cold winds blow
    In a long black veil she cries over 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.

    Oh, 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.

    Nobody knows. nobody knows, but me.
    Nobody knows but me.

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