Intro:
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Ten years ago on a cold, dark night,
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights.
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.
Interlude:
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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,
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.
She stood in a crowd and shed not a tear.
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans,
In a long black veil she cries o'er 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.
Nobody knows, nobody sees.
Nobody knows but me.
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