Brother please, hear my confession
I shot a man on a cold dark night
Itu0027s about the woman in the long black veil
Itu0027s my last chance to set the record right
Itu0027s my last chance as I settle into night

An innocent man gone to the gallows
When passion rules loveu0027s a wicked game
I did the deed; Iu0027m the man who ran
Ainu0027t nothing here on earth can wash away the stain
Ainu0027t nothing here on earth can bring him back again

Sheu0027s no Madonna on a moonlit evening
Walking, walking through these haunted hills
Sheu0027s the kind of woman you want to believe
The kind of woman to get a good man killed
The kind of woman to get a good man killed

My time is passed; soon I breathe my last
I confess this grievous harm Iu0027ve done
I accept my fate, as I pass through the gate
What a fool I was to murder for her charms
Then she felt so icy in my arms