Ten Degrees Lyrics - The Blue Dogs

He was standing by the highway 

With a sign that just read Mother 

When he heard a driver coming 

About a half a mile away 

So he held the sign up higher 

So 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 did go 

Singing songs about the rambling 

The loving girls and gambling 

How the world fell on his shoulder 

Back in Boulder, I don't know 

It was out in Arizona 

And he heard the lady listening 

To each song that he was singing 

To each line that he would write 

So he sat down by her table 

And they talked about the weather 

98.6 and rising down 

By Boulder Dam that day 

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 

Now he's traded off his Martin 

But his troubles are not over 

His feet are nearly frozen 

And the sun is sinking low 

Won't you listen to me brother 

If you ever loved your mother 

Just pull off on the shoulder 

If you're going Milwaukee way 

It's ten degrees and getting colder 

Down by Boulder Dam today