Life Was Good For A Short While 
Hot Sweet Nights Days That Were Fine 
Spent Many Hours Just Looking At You 
Heart Stopped Beating For A Moment Or Two 
Long Black Veil Now You Are Mine 

Sun Went Down Never To Rise 
Lost In Tears Filling My Eyes 
Saw My Love Trampled Deep In The Dirt 
Overwhelmed By The Bitterest Hurt 
Long Black Veil Now You Are Mine 

I've Lately Felt A Stirring 
Of Ghosts Around My Mind 
And I'm Frightened Of The Things That I Might Find 
The Veil Of Black That Claimed You 
And Took You From My Sight 
Has Marched Across The Sands Of Time Tonight