Standard (EADGBE)
Headed down life's crooked road
Lot of things I never knowed
And the cause of me not knowin', I now pine
Trouble got in the trail
Spent the next five years in jail
Should have read - that DE-TOUR sign.
Chorus
DE- TOUR, there's a muddy road a- head
DE- TOUR, paid no mind to what it said
DE- TOUR, oh, these bitter things I find
Should have read - that DE-TOUR 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 - the more sorrow I know
Should have read that DETOUR sign.
Chorus
When I got stuck in the mud, all my hopes dropped with a "thud"
I guess that my heart's strings are made of twine
Had no will power to get - from the hole that I'm in yet
Should have read that DETOUR sign.