Jerry Jeff Walker Detour Lyrics

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