- Votes:
- Composers:
- Dill
- Danny / Wilkin
- Marijohn
- Genres:
- Folk
- Tags:
- best of joanie baez
- female vocalist
- freedom
- lbv
- See also:
Joan Baez - Long Black Veil lyrics
Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
Someone was killed âneath the Town Hall light
The people who saw they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.
The judge said, âson, what is your alibi?
If you were somewheres else,
Then you wonât have to dieâ.
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
For Iâd been in the arms of my best friendâs wife.
She walks these hills in a long black veil,
Visits my grave when the night winds wail,Joan Baez - Long Black Veil - http://motolyrics.com/joan-baez/long-black-veil-lyrics.html
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
Nobody knows, but me.
The scaffold is high, eternity near,
She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear,
But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,
In a long black veil she cries oâer my bones.
She walks these hills in a long black veil,
Visits my grave when the night winds wail,
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
Nobody knows, but me.