Detour - Original - Spade Cooley

Headed down life’s crooked road

Lots of things there that I never knowed

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 to the place

Where that sign told be about my face

Well, I figured all of my worries were behind

But the farther I go

I find more chug holes there in the road

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

Well, I got stuck down in the mud

All my hopes fell there with a thud

I felt like my heartstrings were made of twine

I had no power to get

From that hole I was 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 that detour sign

Should have read that detour sign