[Verse 1]
Headed down life's crooked road, lots of things I never knowed,
but because of me not knowin', I now pine.
Trouble got in the trail, spent the next five years in jail,
should've read that detour sign.
 
[Chorus]
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.
 
[Verse 2]
When I got right to the place where it said "About Face",
I thought of all my worries were behind.
But the farther I go the more sorrow I know,
should have read that detour sign.
 
[Chorus]
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, let's go.
 
 
[Verse 3]
When I got stuck in the mud, all my hopes dropped with a thud,
I guess that my heart strings were made of twine.
Have no willpower to get from the hole that I'm in yet,
should have read that detour sign.
 
[End-Chorus]
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.