Welcome to Paris, home of the Tigers
State champs '63
Gospel singing at the park next Thursday
2 for 1 at the Dairy Queen

Well, congratulations Bobby and Amber
God bless the newlyweds
There's a gravesite service in the morning
For our dear Miss Mildred
VFW's got a bingo night
Motel 6 has got a burnt out light
The demo derby at the county fair

It's all right there in the signs
Tellin' you a story
Paintin' you a picture in black and white
Life comin' at you slowly
Hit 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 quik-stop clerk
She got a ladder and changed all the letters
Spelled out Johnny is a jerk
Sheriff Grady's sure runnin' 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

Tellin' you a story
Paintin' you a picture in black and white
Life comin' at you slowly
Hit 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 comin' home at last

Signs tellin' you a story
Paintin' you a picture in black and white
Life, the pain and the glory
Hit 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