Daniel Amos - The Devil's Elbow lyrics

There by the sumac and the thicket of the evergreen Carved our names next to the others in Pacific CIty Beams We pa**ed 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 d**h 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 Pa**ed the faded billboards and all the tumbleweed dreams It's on to Devil's Elbow