Detour Lyrics - Singles - 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 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, 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 

Had 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