Marianne Faithfull - Long Black VeilLyrics

Ten years ago on a cold dark night, There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light. There were few at the scene but they all did agree That the man who ran looked a lot like me. [Chorus] She walks these hills in a long black veil. She visits my grave where the night winds wail. Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees, Nobody knows but me. The judge said, "Son what is your alibi ? If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die." I spoke not a word, though it meant my life, I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife. [Chorus] The scaffold is high and eternity nears She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear. But sometimes at night where the cold winds moan In a long black veil she cries all o'er my bones. [Chorus] Nobody knows but me.