Fred Eaglesmith - Sign On The Wall lyrics

We used to wait by the front door For somebody to turn off We used to stand by the telephone Hoping somebody would come We used to sleep in the tow trucks Thinking somebody might break down Stuck in a ditch on the side of the road Or an accident somewhere in town But nobody ever come Nobody came in Nobody even slowed down at all We thought we bought the American Dream We were just a sign on the wall We used to throw up on the gravel Just to keep the dust down She put streamers in the window We drove our prices through the ground But nobody ever come Nobody came in Nobody even slowed down at all We thought we bought the American Dream We were just a sign on the wall She's a Pentecostal A true Nova Scotian I got a job at the factory And the bank ain't come down yet And until they do I'm living here for free But nobody ever comes Nobody cames in Nobody even slows down at all We thought we bought the American Dream We were just a sign on the wall