The song 10 Degrees & Getting Colder is performed by Gordon Lightfoot in the album named Songbook in the year 1999 .
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
Gordon Lightfoot - Songbook
- (Remember Me) I'm the One
- It's Too Late, He Wins
- For Lovin' Me
- Early Morning Rain
- Way I Feel
- Steel Rail Blues
- Message to the Wind [#]
- Song for a Winter's Night
- Canadian Railroad Trilogy
- Go-Go Round
- Crossroads
- You'll Still Be Needing Me [#]
- Mountains and Maryann
- Last Time I Saw Her
- Did She Mention My Name
- Pussywillows, Cat-Tails
- Boss Man
- Something Very Special
- Bitter Green
- Affair on 8th Avenue
- Medley: I'm Not Sayin'/Ribbon of Darkness
- Softly [Live]
- Mama Said [#]
- Station Master [#]
- Sit Down Young Stranger
- If You Could Read My Mind
- Poor Little Allison
- Pony Man
- Cobwebs & Dust
- Too Much to Lose [#]
- Summer Side of Life
- Cotton Jenny
- 10 Degrees & Getting Colder
- Nous Vivons Ensemble
- Same Old Loverman
- Heaven Don't Deserve Me [#]
- Don Quixote
- Alberta Bound
- Beautiful
- Ode to Big Blue
- Stone Cold Sober [#]
- Old Dan's Records
- That Same Old Obsession
- Lazy Mornin'
- Hi'way Songs
- Can't Depend on Love
- Sundown
- Carefree Highway
- Seven Island Suite
- Borderstone [#]
- Cold on the Shoulder
- Now and Then
- Rainy Day People
- Fine as Fine Can Be
- All the Lovely Ladies
- Summertime Dream
- Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- Never Too Close
- Betty Called Me In [#]
- Endless Wire
- Circle Is Small
- Sea of Tranquility
- Make Way for the Lady
- Dream Street Rose
- Ghosts of Cape Horn
- Keepin' on Yearnin' [#]
- Canary Yellow Canoe [#]
- Shadows
- She's Not the Same
- 14 Karat Gold
- Baby Step Back
- In My Fashion
- Never Say Trust Me [#]
- Why Should I Feel Blue [#]
- Someone to Believe In
- Romance
- Broken Dreams
- Always on the Bright Side [#]
- Forgive Me Lord [#]
- Lifeline [#]
- East of Midnight
- Morning Glory
- Lesson in Love
- Passing Ship
- Waiting for You
- Drink Yer Glasses Empty
- I'll Prove My Love
- Painter Passing Through