(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
One cold, black night of a winter It snowed on Red Mountain We warned ev'rybody the Slide was runnin' An' 5-5-Oh was a But outta the plowshed, south a' Come a blade a flashin' blue light We told boy: "Whatever you do, Beware of the Slide."
Now that plow-jockey he had a job to do Been them slides for years But we all knew, down inside, He was livin' with a thing fear you don't mess around with an avalanche, son A men tried, and died Yeah, you get them plows past Creek Falls, You lookin' at the Riverside
Now all a' us folks around Ouray Seen a them cold, black nights the only thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird lights You drive them snowplows around these You have a real thick hide 'Cause ya quite know what time a' the night You die in the Riverside Slide
Well, it snowed six feet on the mountain that An' we knew what was comin' on An' so did the boy an' his flashin' light When he rolled that blade outta Well, he that plow up 5-5-Oh An' he it lean to one side An' before he it, he was buried alive At the bottom of the Riverside
Yeah, all a' us folks around County Seen a lotta cold, black nights the only thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird lights We found the boy in the early Still settin', the plow on its Yeah, ya never quite know what time a' the You gonna die in the Riverside