Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
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There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
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There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
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The slayer who ran looked a lot like me
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The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
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If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die"
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I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
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For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
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She visits my grave when the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me
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The scaffold stood high, eternity neared
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She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
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But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
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In a long black veil, she cries on my bones
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
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She visits my grave when the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me
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Nobody knows but me
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Long Black Veil
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The Proclaimers |