Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
Rufus & Friend
Prince Conley
Canes
The Astors
Eddie Kirk
Rufus Thomas
Booker T. & The MG’s
Floyd Newman
Rufus Thomas
Bobby Marchan
The Cobras
Barbara & The Browns
Dorothy Williams
Baracudas
Barbara & The Browns
Gorgeous George
The Astors
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Ruby Johnson
Rufus Thomas
Mable John
Sam & Dave
Mable John
Shirley Walton
Delaney & Bonnie
Linda Lyndell
Judy Clay & William Bell
Judy Clay
The Staple Singers
Rufus Thomas
Jeanne & The Darlings
Booker T. & The MG’s
Mable John
Judy Clay & William Bell
Jimmy Hughes
Art Jerry Miller
Eddie Floyd
Booker T. & The MG’s
Jeanne & The Darlings
The Bar-Kays
The Soul Children
Ollie & The Nightingales
William Bell
Booker T. & The MG’s
Carla Thomas
Shack
The Nightingales
The Newcomers
Ilana (Stax)
The Soul Children
Hot Sauce (Stax)
Lee Sain
Hot Sauce (Stax)
The Mad Lads
Isaac Hayes & David Porter
Jean Knight
Johnnie Taylor
Isaac Hayes
John Gary Williams
Major Lance
Hot Sauce (Stax)
The Soul Children
Carla Thomas & Rufus Thomas
The Staple Singers
Shirley Brown
Hot Sauce (Stax)
Frederick Knight
The Green Brothers
John Gary Williams
Billy Eckstine
Chuck Boris
Barbara Lewis
O.B. McClinton
Billy Eckstine
Ben Atkins
O.B. McClinton
Big Ben (Stax)
Don Nix
Don Nix
Chico Hamilton
Cliff Cochran
Connie Eaton
Karan Casey
The Goodees
Bobby Whitlock
The Goodees
Billy Lee Riley
This Generation
Billy Lee Riley
The Village Squad & The Regular Crew
The Goodees
Paris Pilot
Black Oak Arkansas
Big Star
The Hot Dogs (USA)
Big Star
The Hot Dogs (USA)
Big Star
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
Rev. Maceo Woods And The Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
Pops Staples
The Rance Allen Group
The Rance Allen Group
Louise McCord
Charles May & Annette May Thomas
The Rance Allen Group
The People’s Choir Of Operation Push
The Rance Allen Group
Louise McCord
The Rance Allen Group
[Verse 1]
Carpenter build my coffin well
Make it free of insanity and this society of hell
I think I'll be better gone
Make the foundation of love and peace
Call somehow I can't get no relief
Tell me man, will I be better gone?
There don't seem to be no way
All the love before me keep fadin' away, fadin' away
Tell me man, would I be better gone?
[Verse 2]
What more can be done for me that ain't been done
I could stand in the wind and I just might fade into the sun
But wait, there she comes walkin' through the door
Lookin' better than she ever did before
You know what man, I may be a fool again
But you're gonna have to wait, that she stands, man
And she's looking grace, better than before
I love her again, lord know I love, I love, I love her over again
Oh I love, I love, I love her, don't build that coffin man
Please don't build it, oh lord, 'cause I love her man
I wanna stay here, please, please don't build that coffin man
Oh I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love
Please, don't build it no more
[Outro]
I love her, I love, I love, I love
Would I Be Better Gone? was written by Big Ben (Stax).
Would I Be Better Gone? was produced by Donald “Duck” Dunn & Bobby Manuel.