In sunny southern Oregon Siskiyou forest Past the Shasta Mountain water salmon shoulder tattoo There's a place on a hill with twenty something acres And a basket ball hoop poison oak deer hooves Boat party good and hearty cheese melt cam belt Real good friends and only one thing to do We're pissin' and eating blackerries All day If you ain't pissin' and eatin' blackberries You're wastin' your life away We're drinkin' so we're pissin' with-a one hand free No-where I'd rather go Just don't you eat the blackberries below your elbows ♪ We float the wild and scenic rivers where the thorny bushes grow Sandy, Illinois, Hood, Deschutes, Chetco On the White, McKenzie, there's a pickin' frenzy Clacka, Klamath, Crooked Pistol, purple finger banjo (what) Willamette, John Day, Grand Ron, Metolio Owyhee, and the Rogue We're pissin' and eatin' blackerries All day If you ain't pissin' and eatin' blackberries You're wastin' your life away We're drinkin' so we're pissin' with-a one hand free No-where I'd rather go Just don't you eat the blackberries below your elbows Aw, yippee ki-yay it's the American way We're all just fruit on the vine Aw, yippee ki-yay it's a brand new day And the only thing worth wasting is time We're pissin' and eatin' blackerries All day If you ain't pissin' and eatin' blackberries You're wastin' your life away We're drinkin' so we're pissin' with-a one hand free No-where I'd rather go Just don't you eat the blackberries below your elbows I said don't you eat the blackberries below your elbows Please, don't you eat the blackberries below your elbows