Headed down life's crooked road lot of things I never knowed And because of me not knowing I now pine Trouble's 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 further 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 heartstrings are made of twine Had 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