Detour

Detour, there's a muddy road ahead, detourPaid no mind to what it saidDetour, oh these bitter things I find,Should have readThat detour signHeaded down life's crooked road, lots of things I never knowedBecause of me not knowin', I now pineTrouble got in the trail, spent the next 5 years in jailShould have read (should have read) that detour signDetour, there's a muddy road ahead, detourPaid no mind to what it saidDetour, oh these bitter things I find,Should have readThat detour signWhen I got right to the place where it said "About Face"I thought that all my worries were behindBut the farther I go, more sorrow I knowShould have read (should have read)That detour signDetour, there's a muddy road ahead, detourPaid no mind to what it saidDetour, oh these bitter things I find,Should have readThat detour signWhen I got stuck in the mud all my hopes dropped with a thudI guess that my heart strings are made of twineHave no willpower to get from the hole that I'm in yetShould have read (should have read) that detour signDetour, there's a muddy road ahead, detourPaid no mind to what it saidDetour, oh these bitter things I find,Should have readThat detour signShould have read that detour signShould have read that detour sign (that detour sign)