I want to tell you all the story
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'Bout a Harper Valley widowed wife
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Who had a teenage daughter
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Who attended Harper Valley Junior High
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Well, her daughter came home one afternoon
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And didn't even stop to play
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And she said, "Mom, I got a note here
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From the Harper Valley PTA"
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Well, the note says, "Mrs. Johnson
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You're wearing your dresses way too high
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It's reported you've been drinkin'
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And a runnin' 'round with men and goin' wild"
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"And we don't believe you ought to be
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A bringin' up your little girl this way"
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And it was signed by the secretary
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Harper Valley PTA
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Well, it happened that the PTA
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Was gonna meet that very afternoon
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And boy were sure surprised
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When Mrs. Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room
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And as she walked up to the blackboard
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I can still recall the words she had to say
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She said, "I'd like to address this meeting
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Of the Harper Valley PTA"
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"Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there
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And seven times he asked me for a date
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And Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice
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Whenever he's away"
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"And Mr. Baker, can you tell us
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Why your secretary had to leave this town?
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And shouldn't widow Jones be told
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To keep her window shades all pulled completely down?"
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"Well, Mr. Harper couldn't be here
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'Cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again
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And if you'll smell Shirley Thompson's breath
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You'll find she's had a little nip of gin"
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"And then you have the nerve to tell me
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You think that as a mother I not fit
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Well, this is just a little Payton Place
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And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites"
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No, I wouldn't put you on
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Because it really did it happened just this way
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That day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA
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That day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA
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Harper Valley PTA
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| Lorrie Morgan |
