Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
According to Nick Cave, the Bad Seeds' cover of “The Long Black Veil,” the country standard written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilken in 1959 and first recorded by Lefty Frizzell, was inspired by Johnny Cash’s 1965 Version. The group also covered two other Cash songs, “Folk Singer” and “Wanted Man”...
[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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
The judge, he said: "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die"
But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
[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
[Verse 4]
Now the scaffold is high and eternity is near
She stood in the crowd but shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
In a long black veil, she cries on 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
No, no, nobody knows but me
I said nobody knows but me
Yeah nobody knows but me
Long Black Veil was written by Danny Dill & Marijohn Wilkin.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released Long Black Veil on Mon Aug 18 1986.