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 heart strings are made of twine

I got no will-power 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