10 Degrees & Getting Colder

He was standin' by the highway

With a sign that just said "mother"

When he heard a driver comin'

'bout a half a mile away

Then he held the sign up higher

Where no decent soul could miss it

It was ten degrees or colder

Down by bolder dam that day

He was raised up in milwaukee

Though he never was that famous

He was just a road musician

To the taverns he would go

Singin' songs about the ramblin'

The lovin' girls and gamblin'

How the world fell on his shoulders

Back in boulder I don't know

It was out in arizona

That he heard the lady listenin'

To each word that he was sayin'

To each line that he would write

So he sat down by her table and

They talked about the weather

Ninety-eight point six and risin'

Down by boulder dam that day

And she told him she would take him

For a ride in the mornin' sun

Back in boulder he had told her

"I don't know when I had a better friend"

Now he's traded off his martin

But his troubles are not over

For his feet are almost frozen

And the sun is sinkin' low

Won't you listen to me brother

If you ever loved your mother

Please pull off on the shoulder

If you're goin' milwaukee way

It's ten degrees and getting colder

Down by boulder dam today