(C.W. McCall, Fries, Chip Davis)
One cold, night of a Colorado winter It snowed on Red Pass We warned ev'rybody that the Slide was An' 5-5-Oh was a But outta the plowshed, a' town Come a blade with a blue light We told boy: "Whatever you do, of the Riverslide Slide."
Now that plow-jockey he had a job to do Been them slides for years But we all knew, down 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 County Seen a lotta them cold, nights When the thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird blue You them snowplows around these parts You gotta have a real thick ya never quite know what time a' the night You die in the Riverside Slide
Well, it six feet on the mountain that night An' we what was comin' on down An' so did the boy an' his flashin' blue When he rolled that outta town Well, he took plow up 5-5-Oh An' he it lean to one side An' before he knew it, he was buried At the bottom of the Riverside
Yeah, all a' us folks 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 spring Still settin', the plow on its Yeah, ya never know what time a' the night You gonna die in the Riverside