[Verse 1: Rosanne 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 did agree
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

[Verse 2: Rosanne Cash]
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: Rosanne Cash & Jeff Tweedy]
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

[Verse 3: Rosanne Cash]
The scaffold is high and eternity near
She stood in the 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

[Chorus: Rosanne Cash & Jeff Tweedy]
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