(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
One cold, black night of a Colorado It snowed on Red Pass We warned ev'rybody that the was runnin' An' 5-5-Oh was a But outta the plowshed, a' town Come a blade with a blue light We told that "Whatever you do, of the Riverslide Slide."
Now that knew he had a job to do dodgin' them slides for years But we all knew, down inside, He was with 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 lookin' at the Slide
Now all a' us folks around County Seen a lotta them cold, black the only thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' them weird lights You them snowplows around these parts You gotta a real thick hide 'Cause ya quite know what time a' the night You gonna die in the Slide
Well, it six feet on the mountain that night An' we knew what was 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 to one side An' before he it, he was buried alive At the bottom of the Riverside
Yeah, all a' us around Ouray County Seen a lotta them cold, nights When the only movin' is a big ol' plow them weird blue lights We found the boy in the early Still settin', the plow on its Yeah, ya quite know what time a' the night You gonna die in the Riverside