Detour

Headed down life's crooked road, lots of things I never knowed And because of me not knowin', I now pine Trouble got in the trail, spent the next five years in jail Should have read that detour sign Detour, there's a muddy road ahead Detour, paid no mind to what it said Detour, all these bitter things I find Should have read that detour sign When I got right to the place where it said about face I thought all my worries were behind But the further I go, the more sorrow I know Should have read that detour sign Detour, there's a muddy road ahead Detour, paid no mind to what it said Detour, all these bitter things I find Should have read that detour sign When I got stuck in the mud, all my hopes dropped with a thud I reckon my heartstrings are made of twine I got no willpower to get from the hole that I'm in yet Should have read that detour sign Detour, there's a muddy road ahead Detour, paid no mind to what it said Detour, all these bitter things I find Should have read Lord, should have read that detour sign