(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
One cold, black night of a Colorado It snowed on Red Mountain We warned ev'rybody the Slide was runnin' An' 5-5-Oh was a But the plowshed, south a' town Come a with a flashin' blue light We told that "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 livin' a thing called fear 'Cause you mess around with an avalanche, son A men tried, and died Yeah, you get them plows past Bear Falls, You lookin' at the Riverside
Now all a' us folks around County Seen a them cold, black nights the only thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird lights You drive them snowplows these parts You gotta have a real thick 'Cause ya never quite know what a' the night You gonna die in the Riverside
Well, it six feet on the mountain that night An' we knew what was comin' on An' so did the boy an' his blue light When he rolled that blade outta Well, he that plow up 5-5-Oh An' he felt it lean to one An' before he knew it, he was alive At the of the Riverside Slide
Yeah, all a' us folks around County Seen a lotta them cold, nights When the only thing movin' is a big ol' Flashin' weird blue lights We found the boy in the spring Still settin', the on its side Yeah, ya never quite know what time a' the You gonna die in the Slide