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Artist: Cyndi Lauper
Canonical path: /cyndi-lauper/detour-feat-emmylou-harris
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Detour (feat. Emmylou Harris)
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Detour (feat. Emmylou Harris)
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Headed down life's crooked road
Lot of things I never knowed
And 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, all the 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, all these bitter things I find
Should have read that detour sign
(Let's go!)
When I got stuck in the mud
All my hopes dropped with a thud I guess that my heart strings were made of twine
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, all these bitter things I find
Should have read that detour sign
Should have read that detour sign
Should have read that detour sign
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