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Thread #32400   Message #425601
Posted By: GUEST,_gargoyle
26-Mar-01 - 12:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: In the Pines
Subject: Lyr Add: IN THE PINES, IN THE PINES (from J Phibes
Perhaps you are looking for these wonderfully morbid ones with a blended rip-off from another favorite.

IN THE PINES, IN THE PINES
Version by Jackson Phibes

A long steel rail and a short cross-tie,
I'm on my way back home
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows

Little girl, little girl
What have I done to make you treat me so?
You caused me to weep and you caused me to moan
So I stripped all the meat from your bones.
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows

The longest train that I ever saw
Was on that Graveyard Line
The engine passed at six o'clock
And the cab went by at midnight
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows

The only girl that I ever loved
Is on that train and gone
She lies in repose in the funeral car,
And she's there 'cause she done me wrong
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows

'Lectric chair is a-warmin' for dawn
And they're savin' me a place
Gee but the graveyard's a lonesome spot,
Lay ya back and throw the mud down in yer face
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shiver when the cold wind blows
(repeat ad nauseam)