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H _ e was standing by the highway
With a sign that just said "Mother"
He heard a (X33211)driver co ming
About a half a mile a way _ _
A _ nd he held the sign up higher
So no decent soul could miss it
It was ten de grees or colder
Down by Boulder Dam that day _ _ _ _ _
H _ e was raised up in Milwaukee
Though he never was that famous
He was just a road mu sician
To the taverns he would go _ _
S _ inging songs about the rambling
The loving girls and gambling
How the world fell on his shoulders
Back in Boulder I don't know
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I _ t was out in Arizona
That he heard the lady listening
To each word that he was singing
To each line that he would write _ _
S _ o 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 f _ riend _ _ _
N _ ow he's traded off his Martin
But his troubles are not over
For his feet are almost frozen
And the sun is sinking low _ _
W _ on'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 t _ en de grees and getting colder
Down by Boulder Dam to day