Detour there's a muddy road ahead
Detour paid no mind to what I said
Detour oh these bitter thing's I find
Should have read that detour sign
Headed down life's crooked road, Lot of thing's 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 I said
Detour oh these bitter thing's 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 I said
Detour oh these bitter thing's 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 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 I said
Detour oh these bitter thing's I find
Should have read that detour sign