(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
One cold, black of a Colorado winter It on Red Mountain Pass We ev'rybody that the Slide was runnin' An' was a mess But the plowshed, south a' town Come a blade with a flashin' light We told boy: "Whatever you do, Beware of the Slide."
Now plow-jockey knew he had a job to do Been dodgin' them slides for But we all knew, down inside, He was with a thing called fear 'Cause you don't 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 around Ouray Seen a lotta them cold, nights When the only thing movin' is a big ol' Flashin' them weird lights You drive them snowplows around these You gotta have a thick hide ya never quite know what time a' the night You gonna die in the Riverside
Well, it six feet on the mountain that night An' we knew what was on down An' so did the boy an' his blue light he rolled that blade outta town Well, he took that plow up An' he felt it to one side An' before he knew it, he was buried At the bottom of the Slide
Yeah, all a' us folks Ouray County a lotta them cold, black nights When the only thing movin' is a big ol' them weird blue lights We found the boy in the spring settin', the plow on its side Yeah, ya quite know what time a' the night You gonna die in the Slide