Long Black Robe
Robin Moore, 9-18-18 Tune: Long Black Veil, Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin, 1959

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Over thirty years ago, I was seventeen,
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I saw a comely lass, and I built up some steam.
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Me and my pal, we were pretty drunk,
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And that poor gal was gonna get sunk.

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We pushed her on the bed and we held her down,
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Put my hand across her mouth so she couldn’t make a sound.
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Now thirty six years later, she wants to testify,
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But my friends in the White House will say it’s all a lie.

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I’ll walk these halls in a long black robe,
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Cuz I’m the chosen one of those in control.
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Nobody knows ‘bout the rapes they don’t see,
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Nobody knows but me.

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The Congress said, “Sir, what’s your alibi?”
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“I just do not recall,” was my reply.
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In my mind I thought back to my days at school,
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If you think I only done it once, then you’re the fool.

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I’ll walk these halls in a long black robe,
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Cuz I’m the chosen one of those in control.
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Nobody knows ‘bout the rapes they don’t see,
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Nobody knows but me. And her. And my pal. And the other women. And…