Travelin' down life's crooked road,
  Lots of things there I never knowed
  Because of me not knowin' now I pine,
  Trouble got on my trail
  I spent the next five years in jail,
  Should have read that detour sign
  
  Chorus:
  Detour - there's a muddy road ahead
  Detour - paid no mind to what is 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 me to face
  Well I figured all of my worries were behind but the further I go
  I find more chug holes there in the road,
  I should have read that detour sign
  
  Chorus
  
  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,
  Should have read that detour sign