(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' was a mess But the plowshed, south a' town Come a blade with a flashin' light We told that "Whatever you do, Beware of the Slide."
Now that knew he had a job to do dodgin' them 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 lotta men tried, and Yeah, you get them plows Bear Creek Falls, You at the Riverside Slide
Now all a' us folks Ouray County Seen a lotta them cold, black When the only movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' weird blue lights You drive them snowplows around parts You gotta have a real hide 'Cause ya never quite what time a' the night You die in the Riverside Slide
Well, it snowed six feet on the that night An' we what was comin' on down 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' before he knew it, he was alive At the bottom of the Slide
Yeah, all a' us folks Ouray County a lotta them cold, black nights When the thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird blue We found the boy in the early Still settin', the on its side Yeah, ya never quite know what time a' the You gonna die in the Riverside