"Signs! Signs! Everywhere a sign!
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this don't do that, don't believe in signs..."
That was awful. And some idiot did a remake a few years back, if I recall.
Any song containing the line "And the sign said long-haired freaky people should be shot on sight." is an obvious Grade A turkey.
Ewww! I remember that song. Ugh. First time it has crossed my mind since the 1970. I thought it was lame then, and my friends told me I wasn't "cool." Didn't think much of cool then, and don't today.
That reminded me of the verses often left out of Guthrie's This Land is Your Land
This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.