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