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


Headed down life's crooked road

Lots of things I never knowed

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


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, oh 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

Have no willpower 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 it said

Detour, oh these bitter things I find

Should have read that detour sign

Should have read that detour sign

Should have read that detour sign