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