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