Five Man Electrical Band - Signs(1971)

Words & Music by Les Emmerson
From The Album: "Good-byes and Butterflies"
Charts: US No.3 CAN No.4 AUS No.5
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And the sign said:
"Longhaired freaky people..
need not apply"...
So I took 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 working for you".. Woa~oh~oh...

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
will be shot on sight"...
So I jumped the fence
and I yelled at the house
Hey! What gives you the right?
To put up a fence and keep me out
or to keep Mother Nature in
If God was here,
he'd tell it to your face
Man you're some kind of 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?...

Oh, say now mister, can't you read
You got to have a shirt
and tie to get a seat~..
You can't watch, no you can't eat
you ain't supposed to be here

And the sign said:
"You got to have a membership card
to get inside".. uh!...

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 thinking 'bout me
I'm alive and doing fine", Woo!

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...

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signs
Soft karaoke
Words
Trombone
Guitar 1
Piano
Guitar
Organ
Bass
Drums
Signs
Words and Music by:
Les Emmerson
Sequenced by:
Gary Rogers
6/2007