Uncle John's Band
Composer(s): Jerry Garcia; Robert Hunter
Performer(s): The Grateful Dead; 
Jimmy Buffett; David Cullen; Indigo Girls; 
Key West; Billy & Terry Smith; Wake the Dead



Well the first days are the hardest days
don't you worry anymore
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street
there is danger at your door
Think this through with me
let me know your MIND
Whoa-oh, what I want to know is
are you kind?

It's a buck dancer's choice, my friends
better take my advice
You know all the rules by now
and the fire from the ice
Will you come with me?
Won't you come with me?
Whoa-oh, what I want to know
will you come with me?

Goddamn, I declare,
have you seen the light?
Their walls are built of cannonballs
their motto is "Don't tread on me"
Come hear Uncle John's Band
playing to the tide
Come with me, or go alone
he's come to take his children home

It's the same story the crow told me
it's the only one he know
Like the morning sun you come
and like the wind you go
Ain't no time to hate
barely time to wait
Whoa-oh, what I want to know
where does the time go?

I live in a silver mine
and I call it Beggar's Tomb
I got me a violin
and I beg you call the tune
Anybody's choice
I can hear your voice
Whoa-oh, what I want to know
how does the song go?

Come hear Uncle John's Band
by the riverside
Got some things to talk about
here beside the rising tide
Come hear Uncle John's Band
playing to the tide
Come on along or go alone
he's come to take his children home

Whoa-oh, what I want to know
how does the song go?
Come hear Uncle John's Band
by the riverside
Got some things to talk about
here beside the rising tide
Come hear Uncle John's Band
playing to the tide
Come on along or go alone
he's come to take his children home