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I want to tell you all the story'Bout a Harper Valley widowed wifeWho had a teenage daughterWho attended Harper Valley Junior HighWell, her daughter came home one afternoonAnd didn't even stop to playAnd she said, "Mom, I got a note hereFrom the Harper Valley PTA"Well, the note says, "Mrs. JohnsonYou're wearing your dresses way too highIt's reported you've been drinkin'And a runnin' 'round with men and goin' wild""And we don't believe you ought to beA bringin' up your little girl this way"And it was signed by the secretaryHarper Valley PTAWell, it happened that the PTAWas gonna meet that very afternoonAnd boy were sure surprisedWhen Mrs. Johnson wore her miniskirt into the roomAnd as she walked up to the blackboardLetras de cancionesI can still recall the words she had to sayShe said, "I'd like to address this meetingOf the Harper Valley PTA""Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' thereAnd seven times he asked me for a dateAnd Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lotta iceWhenever he's away""And Mr. Baker, can you tell usWhy your secretary had to leave this town?And shouldn't widow Jones be toldTo keep her window shades all pulled completely down?""Well, Mr. Harper couldn't be here'Cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar againAnd if you'll smell Shirley Thompson's breathYou'll find she's had a little nip of gin""And then you have the nerve to tell meYou think that as a mother I not fitWell, this is just a little Payton PlaceAnd you're all Harper Valley hypocrites"No, I wouldn't put you onBecause it really did it happened just this wayThat day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTAThat day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA From Letras Mania