Ten Degrees And Getting Colder Song Lyrics and Chords
Ten Degrees And Getting Colder Song Lyrics and Chords by J.D. Crowe
Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
Recorded by J.D. Crowe
Written by Gordon Lightfoot
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He was standing by the highway with a sign that just said mother
When he heard a driver coming bout a
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half a mile
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away
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So he held the sign up higher where no decent soul could miss it
It was ten degrees or colder down by
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bolder dam that
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day
He was raised up in Milwaukee though he never was that famous
He was just a road musician to the
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taverns he would
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go
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Singing songs about the rambling the loving girls and gambling
How the world fell on his shoulders back in
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Boulder I don't
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know
It was out in Arizona he heard the lady listening
To each word that he was saying to each
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line that he would
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write
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So he sat down by her table and they talked about the weather
Ninety-eight point six and rising down by
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Boulder dam that
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night
And she told him
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she would take him
For a
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ride in the
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morning
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Back in Boulder
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he had told her
I don't know
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when I've had
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a better friend
Now he's traded off his Martin but his troubles are not over
His feet are almost frozen and the
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sun is sinking
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low
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Won't you listen to me brother if you ever loved your mother
Please pull off on the shoulder if
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you're going Milwaukee
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way
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It's ten degrees and getting colder down by
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Boulder dam
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today
FAQ
Who sang the the song Ten Degrees And Getting Colder?
- The song Ten Degrees And Getting Colder was sang by J.D. Crowe.
Who is J.D. Crowe?
- James Dee Crowe (born August 27, 1937, in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American banjo player and bluegrass band leader. He first became known during his four-year stint with Jimmy Martin in the 1950s.
