Lyrics Detour - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Detour

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 knowing, I now pine
Trouble got in the trail
Spent the next five years in jail
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
The more sorrow I know
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
Should have read that detour sign