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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Vocals
Berliner Kaffeehausmusik Ensemble
Berliner Kaffeehausmusik Ensemble
Strings
Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Background Vocals
Blixa Bargeld
Blixa Bargeld
Background Vocals
Thomas Wydler
Thomas Wydler
Percussion
Barry Adamson
Barry Adamson
Bass
Hugo Race
Hugo Race
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marijohn Wilkin
Marijohn Wilkin
Composer
Danny Dill
Danny Dill
Composer
Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Producer
Tony Cohen
Tony Cohen
Producer
Flood
Flood
Producer
Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Producer
Blixa Bargeld
Blixa Bargeld
Producer
Thomas Wydler
Thomas Wydler
Producer

Lyrics

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 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 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 friends wife 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
Writer(s): Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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