Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Long Black Veil

[Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Verse 3] 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 friend's wife [Chorus] 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 [Verse 4] 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 [Chorus] 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 No, no, nobody knows but me I said nobody knows but me Yeah nobody knows but me