Lyrics to
Sign On The Window

This version of Sign On The Window was released by Bob Dylan in 1970.

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Sign on the window says, “Lonely”
Sign on the door said, “No company allowed”
Sign on the street says, “You don’t own me”
Sign on a porch says, “Three’s a crowd”
Sign on a porch says that three’s a crowd.

Her and her boyfriend went to California
Her and her boyfriend done changed their tune
My best friend said, “Now didn’t I warn you ?
Brightoon girls are like the moon
Brightoon girls are like the moon”.

Looks like a-nothing but rain
Sure gonna be wet tonight on Main Street
Hope that it don’t sleet.

Built me a cabin in Utah
Marry me a wife, catch a rainbow trout
Have a bunch of kids who call me pa
That must be what it’s all about
That must be what it’s all about.

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About Lyrics and Sign On The Window by Bob Dylan

The lyrics to Sign On The Window are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bob Dylan used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Sign On The Window have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bob Dylan and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Sign On The Window by Bob Dylan. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sign On The Window" means the words set to the music of Sign On The Window, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Dylan. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sign On The Window and the lyrics to Sign On The Window are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Dylan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sign On The Window, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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