Jeannie C Riley Satan Place Lyrics

Satan Place Lyrics

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