(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
One cold, black night of a Colorado It on Red Mountain Pass We warned that the Slide was runnin' An' was a mess But the plowshed, south a' town Come a with a flashin' blue light We that boy: "Whatever you do, of the Riverslide Slide."
Now that knew he had a job to do Been dodgin' them for years But we all knew, deep inside, He was with a thing called fear 'Cause you don't around with an avalanche, son A men tried, and died Yeah, you get plows past Bear Creek Falls, You at the Riverside Slide
Now all a' us around Ouray County Seen a lotta them cold, nights When the only movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' weird blue lights You drive them snowplows around parts You gotta have a real thick 'Cause ya never quite know what a' the night You gonna die in the 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 blade outta town Well, he took that up 5-5-Oh An' he felt it lean to one An' before he knew it, he was buried At the of the Riverside Slide
Yeah, all a' us folks around Ouray 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 settin', the plow on its side Yeah, ya never quite know what time a' the You die in the Riverside Slide