Uncle John's Band (Live at Meadowlands Arena, October 16, 1989)

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) 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

Think this through with me

Let me know your mind

Whoa-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

Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide

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 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

Anybodys 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 (playing to the tide)

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