My how the signs of the times have changed.
In 1971, Dodie Bailey and I were a freshman and sophomore at McCollum High School in San Antonio when KONO-AM radio began playing the song “Signs.”
It was by a group who originally called themselves The Staccatos from 1963 through 1968. They were from Ottawa, Canada and we had never heard of them.
They changed their band name to The Five Piece Electrical Band as they released their song “Signs” for the United States market in 1970.
It became popular at our school’s Hitching Post, a large screened-in alternative to the mighty McCollum Cowboys’ cafeteria.
Plus, the Hitching Post featured a jukebox for our listening pleasure.
Today, Dodie Bailey is Dodie Dennis and as a couple we have certainly noticed the signs have changed immensely!
Dispersed among the lyrics of the 1970’s song are the Signs of the Time today:
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, upstanding young man
I think you’ll do”
So I took off my hat, I said “Imagine that
Huh! Me workin’ for you!”
Whoa-oh-oh
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 trespassing
Would 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
Or to keep Mother Nature in?
If God was here he’d tell you to your face
Man, you’re some kinda 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 ya read?
You’ve gotta 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 got to have a membership card to get inside
Ugh!
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
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I was in high school then, too, in Albuquerque. Loved that song. Still do, actually. Lots of fun signs you’ve shared. Gotta love the No Trespooping sign!!
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Love the “No Trespooping” sign. The “Signs” song must have been really popular because our local radio station played it to death. 🙂
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