10 Degrees & Getting Colder Lyrics - Singles - Gordon Lightfoot

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 Boulder 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 night 

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