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Words by Peter Taylor after "The Long Black Veil"; music traditional
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light.
Just a few at the scene but they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me.
Well the judge said "Son, what's your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, you don't have to die."
But I spoke not a word though it meant my life
Till my best friend yelled, "He was with my wife!"
She walks these hills with a long broad smile
When she visits my home every once in a while.
Every one knows now, every one sees
Their love extends to me.
Well a lifetime is short and eternity near,
But my upbringing filled me with sexual fear.
But my friend did agree though I did not know,
She was free as a bird to come jump my bones.
"What brings joy to my friends oft brings joy to me
But the honest truth is an absolute necessity.
Though you should have asked first, that I will forgive
What most matters to me is my best friend should live."
She walks these hills with a long broad smile
When she visits my home every once in a while.
Every one knows now, every one sees
Their love extends to me.
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