<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)"' (1990) </Td> <Td> "Fourteen Minutes Old" (1990) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)"' (1990) </Td> <Td> "Fourteen Minutes Old" (1990) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)" is the title of a debut single written by Johnny MacRae and Steve Clark, and recorded by American country music artist Doug Stone . It was released in February 1990 as the first single from his self titled debut album . It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #5 on The Canadian RPM Tracks chart . It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance . </P> <P> In this song, the narrator says he would rather be dead or imprisoned than live without his lover . </P>

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