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Signs Lyrics By Five Man Electrical Band

    and the sign said longhaired freaky people
    need not apply
    so i tucked my hair up under my hat
    and i went in to ask him why
    he said you look like a fine upstanding young man
    i think you’ll do
    so i took off my hat i said imagine that
    huh me workin’ for you
    whoaohoh

    sign sign everywhere a sign
    blockin’ out the scenery
    breakin’ my mind
    do this don’t do that
    can’t you read the sign

    and the sign said anybody caught trespassing
    would be shot on sight
    so i jumped on the fence and i yelled at the house
    hey what gives you the right
    to put up a fence to keep me out
    or to keep mother nature in
    if god was here he’d tell you to your face
    man you’re some kinda sinner

    sign sign everywhere a sign
    blockin’ out the scenery
    breakin’ my mind
    do this don’t do that
    can’t you read the sign

    in album version only

    now hey you mister can’t you read
    you’ve got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
    you can’t even watch no you can’t eat
    you ain’t supposed to be here
    the sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside
    ugh

    and the sign said everybody welcome come in kneel down and pray
    but when they passed around the plate at the end of it all i didn’t have a penny to pay
    so i got me a pen and a paper and i made up my own little sign
    i said thank you lord for thinkin’ ’bout me i’m alive and doin’ fine
    wooo

    sign sign everywhere a sign
    blockin’ out the scenery breakin’ my mind
    do this don’t do that can’t you read the sign

    sign sign everywhere a sign
    sign
    sign sign

    Artist: Five Man Electrical Band

    Year: 1971

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 150