Ten years ago on a cold dark night There was someone was killed '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 is your alibi? If you were somewhere else, well you don't have to die" But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life 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's 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