The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47312   Message #2463414
Posted By: Ebbie
12-Oct-08 - 12:02 AM
Thread Name: The Story Behind The Long Black Veil
Subject: RE: The Story Behind The Long Black Veil
"Check out the tense changes in the last verse...kind of odd. The first two lines talk as if he's standing on the scafold looking out into the crowd but then he says that sometimes this woman visits his already burried body. What do you all make of that? " johnhenryshammer (2006)

I think the explanation for the tense changes is that in the grave time is only NOW.