Ten Degrees And Getting Colder

He was standing by the highway with a sign that just said mother

When he heard a driver coming bout a half a mile away

So 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 just a road musician to the taverns he would go

Singing songs about the rambling the loving girls and gambling

How the world fell on his shoulders back in Boulder I don’t know

To each word that he was saying 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 rising down by Boulder dam that night

And she told him she would take him

For a ride in the morning sun

Back in Boulder he had told her

I don’t know when I´ve had a better friend

His feet are almost frozen and the sun is sinking low

Won’t you listen to me brother if you ever loved your mother

Please pull off on the shoulder if you’re going Milwaukee way

It’s ten degrees and getting colder down by Boulder dam today