Gordon Lightfoot "10 Degrees and Getting Colder" |
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 bolder 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 day 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 Lyric from www.lyricmania.com |