10 Degrees & Getting Colder

|_ _ _ |_ _ _ |_ _ _ |_ _ He was standing by the highway With a sign that just said "Mother" He heard a driver      coming About a half a mile away  And 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 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 |_ _ _ |_ _ _ |_ _ _ |__ | |__ |_ _ It was out in Arizona That he heard the lady listening To each word that he was singing 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 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 sinking low   Won't you listen to me brother If you've 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