SINGER: Five Man Electrical Band

SONG:Signs

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