[Intro: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, calling out] Clear on the ridge [Verse 1: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, heavy and steady] Four in the morning and it's twenty below Two feet of new powder sitting on the bowl Lifts are standing still and the lodge is dark I'm climbing to the gun with a radio and a spark Mountain's holding its breath, I can hear it in the snow Weight up on the cornice like it's waiting for a show Load the shell and lock it, and I call it on the line Somebody's gonna ski this, and it isn't gonna be mine [Chorus: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, huge] I bring the mountain down before it comes for you Fire on the ridge before the sky turns blue Every slide I start is a slide you'll never see I bring the mountain down, so you can sleep [Verse 2: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, louder] Fire, and the whole face fractures in a line Slab the size of a stadium is breaking all at once Rolling to the valley like a freight train full of white Nobody in the way of it, I made sure of it last night Powder cloud as tall as a church goes down the hill Then the quiet after, and the whole world standing still Radio crackles, base says, ridge is good I light a cigarette like a working man should [Chorus: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, huge] I bring the mountain down before it comes for you Fire on the ridge before the sky turns blue Every slide I start is a slide you'll never see I bring the mountain down, so you can sleep [Break: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, wah-wah break, the wah-wah guitar takes four bars] Let it go, let it go [Verse 3: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, proud and warm] Nine o'clock, the lifts start turning and the kids are in a line Mamas holding coffee, saying, look, the snow is fine Bunny hill is laughing and the sun is coming through Nobody knows the mountain fell for them at two That's the job, I start the thing I'm here to stop Make the whole slope fall so it never falls on top [Bridge: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, low and heavy] Some men build, and some men keep the walls from caving in Some men knock it all down so the day can begin [Chorus: Seventies heavy-rock male lead, huge] I bring the mountain down before it comes for you Fire on the ridge before the sky turns blue Every slide I start is a slide you'll never see I bring the mountain down, so you can sleep [Outro: Seventies heavy-rock male lead] Ridge is good [End]
