The biggest hit, and the only remarkable one outside of their native Canada
of this ending band
formerly known as Staccatos
Reach number three on the billboards
At the time there was a revolt against this song, but later generations saluted the song They were a band before their time. This song has stayed with me my entire life listen to the music; these are the lyrics.
Song by; The five man electrical band
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 why?
he said you look like a fine young understanding young man
I think you’ll do
so I took off my head and said,
imagine that!, me working for you
Sign, sign, everywhere sign blocking out
the scenery breaking my mind
do this ,don’t do that,
Can’t you read the sign?
And the sign said everybody
caught trespassing, will be shot on sight
So I jumped up on the fence and I yelled
at the house. Hey what gives you the right to put up with Fence to keep me out
or to keep mother nature in
if God were here, he tell you to your face man you’re some kind of sinner
Sign, sign, everywhere sign blocking out the scenery breaking my mind
do this, don’t do that,
Can’t you read the sign
Now hey you Mr., can’t you read
you have to have a shirt and tie to get a seat. You can’t even watch you know you can’t eat you’re not supposed to be here design says you got to have a membership card to get inside. Ugh.
Sign sign everywhere a sign blocking out the scenery breaking my mind do this don’t do that. Can’t you read the sign
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
about me. I’m alive and doing fine.
Sign, sign, everywhere, sign blocking out the scenery breaking my mind do this don’t do that. Can’t you read the sign
This is a one hit wonder from the five man electrical band from 1969
This sums up the 60s peace and love
Hippie, flower, Child, after the Vietnam war, the younger generation was not going to go along with the status quo anymore. There was a lot of drugs, and the new music called rock ‘n’ roll. But this song is the embodiment of that era.