Nanci Griffith – Ten Degrees And Getting Colder (Guitar)

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He was standing by the highway

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With a sign that just said 'Mother'

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When he heard a driver coming

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About a half a mile away

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And he held the sign up higher

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So no decent soul could miss it

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It was ten degrees or colder

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Down by Boulder Dam that day

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He was raised up in Milwaukee

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Though he never was that famous

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He was just a road musician

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To the taverns he would go

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Singing songs about the rambling

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The loving girls and gambling

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How the world fell on his shoulders

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Back in Boulder I don't know

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And she told him she would take him

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For a ride in the morning sun

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Back in Boulder he had told her

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"I don't know when I had a better friend"

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It was out in Arizona

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That he heard the lady listening

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To each word that he was singing

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To each line that he would write

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So he sat down by her table

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And they talked about the weather

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98.6 and rising

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Down by Boulder Dam that night

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And she told him she would take him

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For a ride in the morning sun

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Back in Boulder he had told her

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"I don't know when I had a better friend"

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Now he's traded off his Martin

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But his troubles are not over

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For his feet are almost frozen

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And the sun is sinking low

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Won't you listen to me brother

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If you've ever loved your mother

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Please pull off on the shoulder

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If you're going Milwaukee way

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It's ten degrees and getting colder

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Down by Boulder Dam today