Well, it's a postcard town if you're looking with a naked eye

But if you look a little closer it's got a dark and evil side

All around the edges that's where the devil dwells

If you were born on the wrong side of the con you know it all too well

Well, the police chief's the cocaine kingpin of the whole damn county

He gets his picture in the paper then sells half of what he's impounding

He's got whatever you want as long as you've got the money

If you're a pretty young thing he'll let you pay him with your body

If you're passing through, keep on driving

If you were born here that's where you're dying

If you ever get the chance, you better get out while you can

You don't want to be caught dead in the devil's den

Well, there's a trailer just a couple of miles up the road

It's got a stove pipe sticking out the bathroom window

They ain't slept in days, they've been whipping up another batch

They’ll mix it up in the same tub they give the baby a bath

If you're passing through, keep on driving

If you were born here that's where you're dying

If you ever get the chance, you better get out while you can

You don't want to be caught dead in the devil's den

Across town a rich lawyer's got a big house on the hill

He's got a pretty young wife who gets it all in the will

She's got a dirt-poor piece of ass on the side

Who's gonna show him tonight he's worth more dead than alive

If you're passing through, keep on driving

If you were born here that's where you're dying

If you ever get the chance, you better get out while you can

You don't want to be caught dead in the devil's den

You don't want to be caught dead in the devil's den