Ten years ago on a cold dark night, A man killed 'neath the town hall light. There were few at the scene and they all did agree That the man who ran looked a lot like me.
Well, 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 had been in the arms of my best friend's wife. She walks these hills in a long black veil. She visits my grave where the night winds wail. Nobody knows, nobody sees, Nobody knows but me. ♪ Well, the scaffold is high and eternity's near She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear. But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan In a long black veil, lord, she cries all o'er my bones. She walks these hills in a long black veil. And visits my grave when the night winds wail. Nobody knows, nobody sees, Nobody knows but me. Nobody knows, nobody sees, Nobody knows but me.