Signs

(Album: Bring You Back - 2013)

Welcome to Paris, home of the Tigers
State champs '63
Gospel singing at the park next Thursday
Two for one at the Dairy Queen

Well, congratulations Bobby and Amber
God bless the newlyweds
There's a graveside service in the morning
For our dear miss Mildred

The VFW's got a bingo night
Motel 6 has got a burn out light
The demo derby at the county fair
It's all right there in the

Signs telling you a story
Painting you a picture in black and white
Life coming at you slowly
Hits you in the heart, not just the eyes
If you wanna know what's going on in this little town
All you gotta do is read the signs

Well Johnny broke up with Deborah Davis
She's the quick stop clerk
She got a ladder and changed all the letters
Spelled out: "Johnny is a jerk"

Sheriff Grady's sure running hard
He's got his name and his picture in every yard
Nobody's run against him since '83
He just likes to read the

Signs telling you a story
Painting you a picture in black and white
Life coming at you slowly
Hits you in the heart, not just the eyes
If you wanna know what's going on in this little town
All you gotta do is read the signs

Post 211 American Legion
That flag's at half mast
PFC Jeffery Taylor
Coming home at last

Signs telling you a story
Painting you a picture in black and white
Life, the pain and the glory
Hits you in the heart, not just the eyes
If you wanna know what's going on in a little town
All you gotta do is read the signs
Yeah, read the signs

Oh yeah, read the signs
Yeah, read the signs