[JWR]

I can remember when I had the Tesla remake of Signs stuck in my head for weeks, literally! For some reason I just couldn't get it out.

I decided to psycho analized it and figured the subject of the song is obviously mentally disturbed. Or maybe I am for having this in my head for such a long time!

SIGNS

And the sign said,"Long-haired freaky people Need not apply."

(Obvious inferiority complex.)

So I tucked my hair up under my hat And I went in to ask him why.

(Wants to question and harrass the one doing the hiring.)

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."
(Deceptive and untrustworthy. Not willing to be accepted by others. Doesn't believe he should earn a living.)
Whoa, sign, sign.Everywhere a sign.Blockin' out the scen'ry. Breakin' my mind. Do this. Don't do that. Can't you read the sign?

(Complain, complain, complain!)

And the sign said,"Anybody caught trespassin' Will be shot on sight." (Just a property owner wanting to be left alone.)
So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house,
(Does not believe in private property, seems to think your property belongs to everyone. Does not believe in personal privacy.)

"Hey! What gives you the right

(It's mine?)

To put up a fence to keep me out,

(Damn right! It ain't yours!)

But to keep Mother Nature in?

(You've got to be kidding, keep mother nature in?)

If God was here, he'd tell you to your face, 'Man, you're some kind of sinner.'"

(Now who's the sinner here, the property owner or the one that would strip him of his property if he could?)

Sign, sign. Everywhere a sign. Blockin' out the scenery. Breakin' my mind. Do this. Don't do that. Can't you read the sign?

(More whining.)

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.

(Doesn't believe he should follow anyones rules but his own.)

The sign said, "You've got to have a membership card To get inside." Uh.(Believes he can trespass anywhere.)



And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in. Kneel down and pray."

(Oh, finally, something I am allowed to do.)

But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a penny to pay

(So, you think you have to pay to hear Gods word. And why didn't you accept that job offer earlier? Maybe you wouldn't be a freeloader.)

So I got me a pen and a paper And I made up my own little sign.

(What a damn hypocrite! Complains about all the "signs" then makes one of his own.)

I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me.I'm alive and doin' fine."

(If this fellow knew anything about God he would realize that God already knows how he is doing. Unless his god is the preacher man. And from my view of things, he ain't alright!)

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. Sign, sign.
(Back to complaining about all those signs right after he made one of his own.)

And to think this song was really popular. It seems socialistic to me. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention, I really hate this song.

JWR