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