Expert: Mel Priddle - 1/12/2008

Question
who is the artist and name of the song with the words
in a pine box on a slow train bound for Georgia in the
grey walls of a prison doing time
I think I'd rather die then go to hell and face the devil

Answer
Hello Debbie,

That's "I’d Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)" by Doug Stone from 1990.


I said the night you left me nothin' worse could ever happen
But seeing you with someone else proved that I was wrong
And when your eyes met mine, I knew that you were gone forever
Along with all the reasons I had for hanging on

I'd be better off in a pine box on a slow train back to Georgia
Or in the grey walls of a prison doing time
I think I'd rather die and go to hell and face the devil
Than to lie here with you and him together on my mind

I always thought that someday we might get back together
I just thought you needed time to spread your wings and fly
But when I saw the lovin' way you held onto each other
It was all that I could do not to break right down and cry

I'd be better off in a pine box on a slow train back to Georgia
Or in the grey walls of a prison doing time
I think I'd rather die and go to hell and face the devil
Than to lie here with you and him together on my mind

Girl, I'd be better off in a pine box on a slow train back from Georgia
Or in the grey walls of a prison doing time
I think I'd rather die and go to hell and face the devil
Than to lie here with you and him together on my mind

I can't lie here with you and him together on my mind


Glad to be of help. Cheers.......Mel.