Detour - there's a muddy road ahead

Detour - paid no mind to what it said

Detour - oh, these bitter things I find!

Shoulda read that "Detour" sign!



Headed down life's crooked road

Lots of things I never knowed

And 'cause of me not knowin', I now pine

Trouble got in the trail,

Spent the next five years in jail

Shoulda 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!

Shoulda 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

Shoulda 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!

Shoulda read that "Detour" sign!



When I got stuck in the mud,

All my hopes dropped with a thud

I guess that my heartstrings are made of twine

Have no willpower to get

>From the hole that I'm in yet

Shoulda 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!

Shoulda read that "Detour" sign!

Shoulda read that "Detour" sign!

Shoulda read that "Detour" sign