Colorado 9

I gotta get to work on time, I gotta make my shift I gotta get to Breckenridge to operate the lift A snowstorm rolled in overnight, still howlin' like a bitch I gotta be real careful not to wind up in a ditch And I'm slidin' in the switchbacks, gotta hold the line I'm drivin' through a whiteout on Colorado 9 She said she was from Fair Play, I thought that was a joke So I said that I'm from Weed just down the road a toke She didn't think I'm funny, and she wasn't kidding me I ended up moved with her, not quite sure just how that came to be She made it crystal clear that her bed was no free ride I had to work no speed, no weed, God, help me if I lied And so I work in summer, down at the Hand Hotel But when winter comes to earn my keep, I drive this road from hell And I'm slidin' in the switchbacks, gotta hold the line I'm drivin' through a whiteout on Colorado 9 She made me a better man, that's an honest fact I put away those drifter's ways and settled down my act And that's why I gotta get to work on time, I gotta make my shift I gotta get to Breckenridge to operate the lift I do it for my baby, cause she's my special gift I gotta be real careful not to slide into a drift And I'm slidin' in the switchbacks, gotta hold the line I'm drivin' through a whiteout on Colorado 9 Yes, I'm slidin' in the switchbacks, gotta hold the line I'm drivin' through a whiteout on Colorado 9