Uncle John's Band

Grateful Dead

1. Oh, 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-oh, is are you kind
   It's a buck dancer's choice, my friend, 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-oh, will you come with me?

R1: God damn! well I declare, have you seen the like?
    Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is "Don't tread on me"
    Come hear Uncle John's band playing by the riverside
    Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide

                                                                                                             
2. It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows
   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 know-oh, where does the time go?
   I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb
   I've got me a violin and I beg you, call a tune
   Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice
   Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, how does the song go?

R2: 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

                                                                                                             
R3: Come here Uncle John's band playing to the tide
    Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home
    Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide
    Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home