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 up-standin' young man   I think you'll do"   So I took off my hat and said, "Imagine that   Huh, me workin' for you"      Whoa, 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 trespassin'   Will be shot on sight"   So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house      "Hey, what gives you the right   To 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'"      Sign, sign, everywhere a sign   Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind   Do this, don't do that   Can't you read the sign?      Now, hey you, Mister, can't you read?   You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat   You can't even watch no, you can't eat   You ain't supposed to be here   The sign said, "You've got to have a membership card   To get inside"      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 thinkin' 'bout me   I'm alive and doin' fine"      Whoo, 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