Satan Place

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 living there a while, we found it wasn't what we thought at all
They had a private little scandal going on behind each castle wall

There was a town council meeting on the day this story come to pass
Someone said, "Ms. Brown, we think your little girl is living way too fast"
She's been dating older boys and staying out much later than she should
And there's been quite a lotta talk about it going '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 swimming in the raw
Is that supposed to be a party, what you call learning social grace?
'Cause if it is, I think you 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 lot of 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 speeding ticket just last week
They didn't charge for drunken driving even though she couldn't hardly speak
I hear she brags about the way her daddy gets free liquor by the case
From all these bootlegging friends that make a killing here in Satan Place"

When Mrs Brown had finished talking, no one dared to make a single sound
Until the chairman of the meeting rapped his gavel and looked around
And as his eyes swept 'cross the room at guilty looks on every face
He said, "That wraps up this meeting of the council of Satan Place"
He said, "That wraps up this meeting of the council of Satan Place"