Detour

Detour, there's a muddy road ahead, detour

Paid no mind to what it said

Detour, oh, these bitter things I find

Should have read that detour sign

Headed down life's crooked road

Lots of things I never know

And 'cause 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, oh, 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 that all my worries were behind

But the farther 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, oh, 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 guess that my heart strings were made of twine

Had to 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, oh, these bitter things I find

Should have read that detour sign

Should have read that detour sign

Should have read that detour sign