The Long Black Veil (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968) (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA|1st Show|- January 1968)

The Long Black Veil (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA|1st Show|- January 1968) - Johnny Cash

Written by：Danny Dill/Marijohn Wilkin

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

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

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'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

Oh the scaffold is high and eternity's near

She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

But sometime at night when the north wind blows

In a long black veil she cries over my bones

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