Satan Place Lyrics - Harper Valley P.t.a. (the Plantation Recordings 1968-70) - Jeannie C. Riley

We saw a sign Welcome Satan Place when we moved to town that day 

And rows of little white homes that looked like castles all along the way 

But after livin' there a while we found it wasn't what we thought at all 

They had a private little scandal goin' on behind each castle wall 

There was a Town Council meetin' on the day the story come to pass 

Someone said Mrs Brown we think your little girl is livin' way too fast 

She's been datin' older boys and stayin' out much later than she should 

And there's been quite a lotta talk about it goin' round the neighborhood 

Well Mrs Brown said since you brought it up I think I'll tell you what I saw 

The day your daughter Ellie and the judge's son went swimmin' in the raw 

Is that supposed to be a party what you call learnin' social grace 

Cause if it is I think your people are in trouble here in Satan Place 

I heard your neighbor's daughter Betty spent the summer in another town 

They say she gained a little weight before she left but now she's trimmed back down 

And now I wonder why the banker's son won't even look her in the face 

We used to see 'em both together everywhere they went in Satan Place 

They say the Mayor's daughter got another speedin' ticket just last week 

They didn't charge for drunken drivin' even though she couldn't hardly speak 

I heard she brags about the way her daddy gets free liquor by the case 

From all those bootleggin' friends who make a killin' here in Satan Place 

When Mrs Brown had finished talkin' no one dared to make a single sound 

Until the chairman of the meetin' rapped his gavel and looked around 

And as his eyes swept across the room at guilty looks on every face 

He said that wraps up this meetin' of the Council of Satan Place 

He said that wraps up this meetin' of the Council of Satan Place