Patty Larkin - Helen lyrics

Helen got a new used trailer, brand new color TV Put the TV on her Sears charge card, and I'm happy for her - see She's got a little piece of land, a quarter acre lot That an uncle or cousin or somebody left her Down where the road turns by the old gravel pit And that's the way it oughta be mister I change the sheets on the fold out bed Try to do something with my hair Light up a Salem cigarette, play a little solitaire We're 40 miles from the border up here So I've learned to take care of myself Never been on food stamps, never been on welfare So, you can just go to hell The ones movin' in they're all from away And they raise the rent and the price that I pay And they look down their nose at what I gotta say I love this coast like I love my sons Love the wind like my daughter Used to be I knew everyone 'Cause everybody was born here There was that one bad winter when we ate nothing but clams Lord, it did get a little tiresome Wonder if one of them could do something like that Maybe then I'd think there was more to 'em When I was a girl we'd walk to the bay Who'd think to put a house on a point? They're selling off land that's nothing but rocks and spray And I say, I say it serves 'em all right (they better tie it all down) The ones movin' in they're all from away And they raise the rent and the price that I pay And they look down their nose at what I gotta say I love this coast like I love my sons Love the wind like my daughter Used to be I knew everyone 'Cause everybody was born here Helen's probably down at the restaurant Probably watching All My Children I could sure use some company with the kids all gone And me with the day off Hey Helen, I hear you got a new used trailer