Uncle John's Band Lyrics - Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead

Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more 

'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door 

Think this through with me, let me know your mind 

Wo, oh, what I want to know, 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 

Wo, oh, what I want to know, will you come with me 

Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like 

Their wall 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 knows 

Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go 

Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait 

Wo, 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 

Wo, 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 

Wo, 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