There by the sumac and the thicket of the evergreen

Carved our names next to the others in Pacific CIty Beams

We passed the faded billboards and all the tumbleweed dreams

It's on to Devil's Elbow

Had a sizzlin' t-bone, a vegatable and fries

And a Roquefort side-salad for a buck twenty five

We can fill our bellies, watch the river rise

Down at Devil's Elbow

And Dotty the waitress says "When we quit

We'll put a lock on the door

And that'll be it

No more chicken-in-a-basket

Or Chili-Supper benefits

Getting' out of Devil's Elbow"

The lumberjacks gave it its infamous name

The Big Piney River has the bend to blame

(log jams bein' it's claim to fame)

Trapped in Devil's Elbow

And it's a threat to the old folks

And it's death to youth

Jammed up so badly you can't get loose

And the only escape is in known' this truth:

You're lost in Devil's Elbow

God knows I love you baby and I loved you well

But the water kept risin' and the timber fell

You left to find heaven, I got squeezed in hell

All alone in Devil's Elbow

There by the sumac and the thicket of the evergreen

Carved our names next to the others in Pacific City beams

Passed the faded billboards and all the tumbleweed dreams

It's on to Devil's Elbow