(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
One cold, black night of a winter It snowed on Red Pass We warned ev'rybody that the Slide was An' 5-5-Oh was a But the plowshed, south a' town Come a blade a flashin' blue light We that boy: "Whatever you do, Beware of the Slide."
Now that knew he had a job to do Been them slides for years But we all knew, down 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 lookin' at the Riverside
Now all a' us around Ouray County Seen a lotta them cold, black When the only movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird lights You drive snowplows around these parts You have a real thick hide 'Cause ya never know what time a' the night You die in the Riverside 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' blue 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 buried At the of the Riverside Slide
Yeah, all a' us folks Ouray County Seen a them cold, black nights When the thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird blue We the boy in the early spring Still settin', the plow on its Yeah, ya never quite know what time a' the You gonna die in the Slide