Riverside Slide — текст песни (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