Long Black Veil lyrics ( Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds )
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Artist : Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Song : Long Black Veil
(D. Del, M. Wilkins)
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
Ten years
ago, on a cold dark night Someone was killed
'neath the Town Hall light There were few at
the scene, but they all agreed That the slayer
who ran looked a lot like me
The judge
he said: Son, what is your alibi If you were
somewhere else, then you won't have to die But
I spoke not a word though it meant my life For
I'd been in the arms of my best friends
wife
Now the scaffold is high and
eternity is near She stood in the crowd but
shed not a tear But sometimes at night when
the cold winds moan In a long black veil she
cries on my bones
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