Headed down
life's crooked road
Lot of things I never know
And cause of me not knowing
I now find
Trouble guard 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, both these bitter things I find
Should have rid that
detour son
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, 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 guess that my heart strings
are made of twine
Had no willpower to get from
the hole that I'm in
Should have read that detour sign
Detour, there's a muddy road ahead
Detour, they'd no mind what it said
Detour, all these bitter things I find
Should have read that detour sign you