Riverside Slide Lyrics - C.w. Mccall

(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Chip Davis) 

One cold, black night of a Colorado winter 

It snowed on Red Mountain Pass 

We warned ev'rybody that the Slide was runnin' 

An' 5-5-Oh was a mess 

But outta the plowshed, south a' town 

Come a blade with a flashin' blue light 

We told that boy: "Whatever you do, 

Beware of the Riverslide Slide." 

Now that plow-jockey knew he had a job to do 

Been dodgin' them slides for years 

But we all knew, deep down inside, 

He was livin' with a thing called fear 

'Cause you don't mess around with an avalanche, son 

A lotta men tried, and died 

Yeah, you get them plows past Bear Creek Falls, 

You lookin' at the Riverside Slide 

Now all a' us folks around Ouray County 

Seen a lotta them cold, black nights 

When the only thing movin' is a big ol' plow 

Flashin' them weird blue lights 

You drive them snowplows around these parts 

You gotta have a real thick hide 

'Cause ya never quite know what time a' the night 

You gonna die in the Riverside Slide 

Well, it snowed six feet on the mountain that night 

An' we knew what was comin' on down 

An' so did the boy an' his flashin' blue light 

When he rolled that blade outta town 

Well, he took that plow up 5-5-Oh 

An' he felt it lean to one side 

An' before he knew it, he was buried alive 

At the bottom of the Riverside Slide 

Yeah, all a' us folks around Ouray County 

Seen a lotta them cold, black nights 

When the only thing movin' is a big ol' plow 

Flashin' them weird blue lights 

We found the boy in the early spring 

Still settin', the plow on its side 

Yeah, ya never quite know what time a' the night 

You gonna die in the Riverside Slide