It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

The Iowa weather was 13 below 

I had come to Des Moines for a radio show 

I awoke in the evening from a traveler's sleep 

With notions of something to eat 

The old elevator slid down past the floors 

My head and my eyes said "You should have slept more." 

The man at the desk said the restaurant was closed 

Outside it was 14 below 

The lounge was still open and so I walked in 

In place of my food I had two double gins 

I looked 'round the room, as a tourist would do 

That's when I saw the girl in the booth 

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She sat there and cried in the smoky half-dark 

The silent type crying that tears out your heart 

Her clothes were not cut in the new modern way 

And her suitcase had seen better days 

Nobody asked her what caused her such pain 

Nobody spoke up, yet no one complained 

Without even asking, I knew why she cried 

Life is just like that sometimes 

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The man at the desk said, "It's 15 below." 

The bellhop said "Yeah man, that's cold...that's cold." 

I went back to my room and I wrote down this song 

Oh it sure can get cold in Des Moines