Story Behind the Song
"Detour Ahead" is about turning away from the "trouble" of love... but not really wanting to. It's motivated by the victory of head over heart.
Lyrics
Smooth road, clear day
Why am I the only one
Traveling this way?
How strange the road you love
Should be so easy,
Can there be a detour ahead?
Slow down, slow down
Before you crash and break your heart
You gullible clown
You fool, you're headed in
The wrong direction,
Can't you see the detour ahead?
The farther you travel,
The harder to unravel
The way he spins around you.
Turn back while there's time,
Can't you see the danger sign?
Soft shoulders
Surround you
Smooth road, clear night
Lucky me, I finally
Saw the light
I'm headed back away from all
This trouble
Smooth roads, smooth roads
No detour ahead.
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