DETOUR
(Paul Westmoreland)

Spade Cooley & His Orch. (vocal: Tex Williams) - 1946
Wesley Tuttle - 1946
Elton Britt - 1946
Foy Willing & His Riders Of The Purple Sage - 1946
Patti Page - 1951
Ferlin Husky - 1960
Bill Haley & His Comets - 1961
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - 1962
Dean Martin - 1965
Bill Kieth - 1976
Willie Nelson - 1979
Sleepy LaBeef - 1979

Also recorded by:
Tennessee Ernie Ford; The Cornells; Tex Ritter.



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
The 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