(C.W. McCall, Fries, Chip Davis)
One cold, black of a Colorado winter It snowed on Red Mountain We warned ev'rybody that the Slide was An' 5-5-Oh was a But outta the plowshed, south a' Come a blade with a blue light We that boy: "Whatever you do, of the Riverslide Slide."
Now that knew he had a job to do Been dodgin' them slides for But we all knew, deep inside, He was livin' with a thing fear 'Cause you 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 folks around Ouray Seen a lotta them cold, nights When the thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird lights You drive them around these parts You gotta have a real hide 'Cause ya never quite know what a' the night You gonna die in the Riverside
Well, it snowed six feet on the mountain that An' we knew what was on down An' so did the boy an' his flashin' blue When he rolled 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 of the Riverside Slide
Yeah, all a' us around Ouray County Seen a lotta them cold, black When the only movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird lights We found the boy in the early Still settin', the plow on its Yeah, ya never quite know time a' the night You gonna die in the Slide