Sign on the window says "lonely,"
Sign on the door said "no company allowed,"
Sign on the street says "why' don't own me"
Sign on the porch says "three's a crowd"
Sign on the porch says 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' I warn ya
Brighton girls are like the moon,
Brighton 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

Build me a cabin in Utah
Marry me a wife, catch 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


Lyrics submitted by Philadelphia Eagles, edited by Mellow_Harsher, dmostroff

Sign on the Window Lyrics as written by Bob Dylan

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    Had a crush on a college girl from Brighton who had a boyfriend. She moves with him to California, leaving him behind wistful of the love he never had but feels he has lost.

    Last stanza is his dream of "the good life" he wanted to have with his lost Brighton girl.

    dmostroffon March 02, 2013   Link

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