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