(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
One cold, black night of a winter It snowed on Red Mountain We ev'rybody that the Slide was runnin' An' was a mess But outta the plowshed, south a' Come a blade with a flashin' light We told that "Whatever you do, Beware of the Slide."
Now that plow-jockey he had a job to do Been dodgin' them slides for But we all knew, down inside, He was livin' with a thing fear 'Cause you don't mess with an avalanche, son A lotta men tried, and Yeah, you get them plows past Bear Falls, You at the Riverside Slide
Now all a' us folks Ouray County Seen a lotta cold, black nights When the only thing movin' is a big ol' Flashin' them blue lights You drive them snowplows these parts You gotta a real thick hide 'Cause ya never quite what time a' the night You gonna die in the Riverside
Well, it snowed six on the mountain that night An' we what was comin' on down An' so did the boy an' his flashin' light When he rolled that blade town Well, he that 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 around Ouray County Seen a lotta them cold, nights When the only thing is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird blue 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