Detour

Detour

- Patti Page

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

Headed down life's crooked road,

lots of things I never knowed

Because of me not knowin', I now pine

Trouble got in the trail,

spent the next 5 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, oh these bitter things I find,

Should have read that detour sign

When I got right to the place

where it said "About Face"

I thought that all my worries were behind

But the farther I go, more sorrow I know

Should have read that detour sign

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

When I got stuck in the mud

all my hopes dropped with a thud

I guess that my heart strings are made of twine

Have no willpower to get

from the hole that I'm in yet

Should have read that detour sign

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