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