Helen, I may look at it if I don't find it.  Not sure I want to pay 
that much.  thanks for looking.

earlier, Helen Wolf, wrote:

>John, I think I found it at Amazon.com.  Go here:
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Tom-Hall-Anniversary-Collection/dp/B00000613G/ref=pd_sim_m_2/105-3659822-7489255
>
>Scroll down a ways to Product Information.  It appears the CD is titled
>Mercury Nashville.
>
>Then the next heading is Listen to Samples, and there is a short 
>clip of the song, It sure can get cold in Des Moines, along with 19 
>other songs.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Helen
>
>Earlier you wrote:
>
>>Helen, yep, that is the one, but I can't find it.
>>
>>earlier, Helen Wolf, wrote:
>>
>>>John, is the the song you're looking for?
>>>
>>>Tom T. Hall - It Sure Can Get Cold in Des Moines
>>>
>>>The iowa weather was 13 below
>>>I had come to des moines for a radio show
>>>I awoke in the evening from a travelers sleep
>>>With notions of something to eat
>>>
>>>The old elevator slid down past the floors
>>>My head and my eyes said you should have slept more.
>>>The man at the desk said the restaurant was closed
>>>Outside it was 14 below
>>>
>>>The lounge was still open and so I walked in
>>>In place of my food I had two double gins
>>>I looked round the room, as a tourist would do
>>>Thats when I saw the girl in the booth
>>>
>>>She sat there and cried in the smoky half-dark
>>>The silent type crying that tears out your heart
>>>Her clothes were not cut in the new modern way
>>>And her suitcase had seen better days
>>>
>>>Nobody asked her what caused her such pain
>>>Nobody spoke up, yet no one complained
>>>Without even asking, I knew why she cried
>>>Life is just like that sometimes
>>>
>>>The man at the desk said, its 15 below.
>>>The bellhop said yeah man, thats cold...thats cold.
>>>I went back to my room and I wrote down this song
>>>Oh it sure can get cold in des moines
>>>
>>>Helen
>
>"Humility is a silent language."
>
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