"Long Black Veil" - Johnny Cash
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.
Chorus ~ 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,
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
Chorus*
Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.
She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear.
But some times at night, when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones
Chorus ~ 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.
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.
Chorus ~ 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,
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
Chorus*
Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.
She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear.
But some times at night, when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones
Chorus ~ 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.
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Es uno de esos temas clásicos del Country que conocí por casualidad, a través de un concierto que dio en plan solista el cantante de The Black Crowes. Posteriormente lo escuché versionado por el propio Mick Jagger con The Chieftains :) Pero sin duda, la versión 'original', por así decirlo, es la de Johnny Cash aunque no es un tema suyo.
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