(C.W. McCall, Fries, Chip 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 blade 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' slides for years But we all knew, down inside, He was livin' with a thing called you don't mess around with an avalanche, son A men tried, and died Yeah, you get plows past Bear Creek Falls, You lookin' at the Riverside
Now all a' us around Ouray County Seen a lotta cold, black nights When the only movin' is a big ol' plow them weird blue lights You drive snowplows around these parts You gotta have a real hide 'Cause ya never quite know time 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' 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 bottom of the Riverside
Yeah, all a' us folks around Ouray Seen a them 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 quite know what time a' the night You gonna die in the Slide