(C.W. McCall, Fries, Chip Davis)
One cold, black night of a winter It snowed on Red Mountain We warned that the Slide was runnin' An' was a mess 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 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 called 'Cause you don't 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 lotta them cold, nights When the only movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird blue 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 Slide
Well, it snowed six on the mountain that night An' we knew was comin' on down An' so did the boy an' his flashin' light When he rolled that outta town Well, he took that plow up An' he felt it lean to one An' before he knew it, he was buried At the bottom of the Riverside
Yeah, all a' us folks around Ouray Seen a lotta cold, black nights the only thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird lights We the boy in the early spring settin', the plow on its side Yeah, ya never quite what time a' the night You die in the Riverside Slide