Detour

Headin' 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, oh, these bitter things I find

Should have read that detour sign

One of our guests introduced this song in 1946. Here is Wesley Tuttle to sing it for ya

When I got right to the place

Where it said "About Face"

I guessed that all a' 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, oh, these bitter things I find

Should have read that detour sign

Another very fine guest: a Capitol recording artist that you all know and love, to sing another verse for you– Merle Travis!

When I got stuck in the mud

All my hopes dropped with a thud

And I guess that my heart strings are made of twine

Had no willpower to get

From this 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