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ARTIST: Five Man Electrical Band
TITLE: Signs
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And the sign said "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
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So I tucked my hair up under my hat, and I went in to ask him why
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He said "You look like a fine, upstanding young man, I think you'll do"
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So I took off my hat and said "Imagine that! Heh, me workin' for you!"
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Whoa, sign sign everywhere a sign
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Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
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Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
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And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot out of sight
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So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house
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"Hey, what gives you the right?
You put up a fence to keep me out but to keep Mother Nature in,
If God was here he'd tell you to your face, "Man you're some kind of
sinner!"
(chorus)
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Now hey there mister can't you read?
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You gotta have a shirt and tie to get a seat
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You can't even watch, no you can't even
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You ain't supposed to be here........
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Sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside...Uhhh!
(instrumental) (then slow)
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And the sign said "Everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray"
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But when they passed around the plate and they emptied it all
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I didn't have a penny to pay
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So I got me a pen and a paper, and I made up my own little sign
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I said "Thank you Lord for thinkin' about me, I'm alive and doin' fine!"
(chorus)