It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines

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The Iowa weather was thirteen below

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I had come to Des Moines for a radio
 show

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I awoke in the evening from a 
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traveler's sleep

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With notions of something to eat



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The old elevator slipped down past 
the floors

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My head and my eyes said you 
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should have slept more

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The man at the desk said the 
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restaurant was closed

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Outside it was fourteen below



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The lounge was still open and so 
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I walked in

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In place of my food I had two double
 gins

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I looked round the room as a 
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tourist would do

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That's when I saw the girl in the 
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booth



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She sat there and cried in the smoky
 half dark

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The silent type crying that tears 
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out your heart

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Her clothes were not cut in the 
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new modern way

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And her suitcase had seen better 
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days



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Nobody asked her what caused her 
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such pain

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Nobody spoke up yet no one 
complained

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Without even asking I knew why she
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 cried

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Life is just like that sometimes



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The man at the desk said it's 
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fifteen below

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The bellhop said yeah man that's 
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cold that's cold

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I went back to my room and I wrote
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 down this song

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Oh it sure can get cold in Des 
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Moines