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.

Had a sizzling t-bone, a vegetable 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, Chilli-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 being 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 knowing this truth: you're lost in Devil's Elbow,
Yeah.

God knows I love you, baby, and I love you well, but the water kept rising 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.