Ten years ago on a cold dark night Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light The people who saw now they all agreed That the slayer who ran, looked just like me The judge said "Son, what is your alibi? If you were somewheres else, then you won't have to die" I spoke not a word, thou it meant my life For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail And nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me The scaffold is high, eternity near She stands in the crowd but shed not a tear But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans In a long black veil, she cries on my bones She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail And nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows, nobody knows I said, nobody knows, nobody, nobody sees Nobody knows but me Nobody knows…