Signs

[Signtist]

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 upstandin' 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"
Uh
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"
Woo!
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
Sign

[Robert]

[temporal1]

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 upstandin' 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? .. ..

i’m surprised you’re aware of that old tune.
for me, a familiar memory from ‘way back. it’s impossible to describe the differences, then+now, positives+negatives.
secular personal freedom was “the” goal to seek. it didn’t lead to more freedom. of any description.

“signs, signs, everywhere a sign,
do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?!” ..

"Signs" song by Five Man Electrical Band - Video from 1974/75 by Steve Carlsen

people aren’t free. the internet+cameras-everywhere are not free-ing. “signs, signs, everywhere” .. there’s signs. and cameras ..


Some funny signs in this one:

[Robert]

[Robert]

[Robert]

Got this one on the way home today.

This creek is mine.

[Robert]

[Joy]

Might be enjoyable until you hit the ground. But I doubt it.

[Neto]

In the Tulsa area.

[Robert]

Well, it is technically a sign.