Jerry Jeff Walker - Detour lyrics

Paul Westmoreland 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