Detour

Headed down life's crooked road
Lots of things there that I never note
Because of me not knowin' I now pine

Trouble got right on my trail
I 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, all these bitter things I find
Should have read that detour sign

Well when I got right to the place
Where it said about phase
I thought all of my worries were behind

But the farther I go
The more sorrow I know
I should have read that detour sign

Detour, there's a muddy road ahead
Detour, paid no mind to what it said
Detour, all 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 reckon my heartstrings are made of twine

I got no power to get
From that hole I'm in yet
I should have read that detour sign

Detour, there's a muddy road ahead
Detour, paid no mind to what it said
Detour, all these bitter things I find
Should have read, Lord
Should have read that detour sign