The Spirit of St. Louis flew to Washington, DC in 1928, setting the stage for a new form of transportation. My next flight is not until September, although I’ll be making several airport pick-ups in the meantime. My wife has a flight to Oakland/San Francisco planned to see her daughter, who is also coming to visit us in a month. She’s also giving my Spring Training friends some extra space when they come to Venice and it becomes a Fraternity House. That was always the joke at the Marc’s Party at Mike’s annual event in Indianapolis when my office friends would take over the pool. There were warning signs saying, “This is not a Fraternity House.”
Another friend gave us a sign for our pool:
It all reminds me of this song by Five Man Electrical Band:
“Signs, Signs, Everywhere A Sign”
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
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Arthur Thomas
Signs lyrics © Unichappell Music Inc., Galeneye Music
What is right and what is wrong? – Just give me sign!
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