[Verse 1]

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 newly-weds

There's a graveside service in the morning

For our dear Miss Mildred

Vfw's got a bingo night

The Motel 6 has got a burnt out light

The demo derby at the county fair

It's all right there in the

[Chorus]

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 want to know what's going on

In this little town

All you got to do is read the Signs

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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 want to know what's going on

In this little town

All you got to do is read the Signs

[Bridge]

Post 211 American Legion

That flag's at half-mast

Pfc Jeffrey Taylor

Coming home at last

[Chorus]

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 want to know what's going on

In this little town

All you got to do is read the Signs

[Outro]

Yeah, read the Signs

Oh, yeah, Oh, read the signs

Yeah, read the Signs