Signs

Five Man Electrical Band

SignsThe 5 Man Electrical Bandlyrics as recorded by The Five Man Electrical Band in 1971 and included onthe 1990 compilation album "Made In Canada - Volume Three 1965-1974"(BMG KCD1-7158)And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him whyHe 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!"Whoa-oh-ohSign, sign, everywhere a signBlockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mindDo this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sightSo I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives youtheright?""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 signBlockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mindDo this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?Now, hey you, mister, can't you read?You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seatYou can't even watch, no you can't eatYou ain't supposed to be hereThe sign said you got to have a membership card to get insideUgh!------ lead guitar ------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 apenny to paySo I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little signI said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."Wooo!Sign, sign, everywhere a signBlockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mindDo this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?Sign, sign, everywhere a signSignSign, sign