(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Davis)
One cold, black night of a winter It on Red Mountain Pass We warned ev'rybody that the was runnin' An' was a mess But the plowshed, south a' town Come a with a flashin' blue light We told that "Whatever you do, Beware of the Slide."
Now plow-jockey knew he had a job to do Been dodgin' them for years 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 Creek Falls, You lookin' at the Riverside
Now all a' us around Ouray County Seen a lotta them cold, black When the thing movin' is a big ol' plow them weird blue lights You drive 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 comin' on 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 it, he was buried alive At the of the Riverside Slide
Yeah, all a' us folks around Ouray Seen a lotta them cold, black the only thing movin' is a big ol' plow Flashin' weird blue lights We found the boy in the early Still settin', the plow on its Yeah, ya never quite what time a' the night You gonna die in the Slide