(C.W. McCall, Fries, Chip Davis)
One cold, black of a Colorado winter It on Red Mountain Pass We warned ev'rybody the Slide was runnin' An' was a mess But the plowshed, south a' town Come a blade with a flashin' blue 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 called 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 around Ouray County Seen a lotta them cold, nights When the only thing movin' is a big ol' Flashin' them blue lights You drive them around these parts You gotta have a real hide ya never quite know what time a' the night You die in the Riverside Slide
Well, it snowed six feet on the that night An' we knew what was on down An' so did the boy an' his blue light When he rolled that outta town Well, he took that 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 around Ouray County Seen a lotta cold, black nights When the only thing movin' is a big ol' them weird blue lights We the boy in the early spring settin', the plow on its side Yeah, ya never quite know time a' the night You gonna die in the Riverside