Uncle John's Band 

By: Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter 

1970 

Well the first days are the hardest days 

Don't you worry anymore 

'Cause when life looks like easy street 

There is danger at the door 

Think this through with me 

Let me know you're mine 

Ooh, oh, all I want to know is 

Are you kind 



It's a buck dancer's choice my friend 

You 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 

Ooh, oh all I want to know 

Will you come with me 



Goddamn I declare 

Have you seen the like 

Their walls are built of cannon balls 

There motto is Don't Tread On Me 



Come here Uncle John's Band 

Playing to the tide 

Come on along 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 

Ooh, oh all I want to know 

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 the tune 

Anybody's choice 

I can hear your voice 

Ooh, oh all I want to know 

How does the song go 



Come here Uncle John's Band 

By the river side 

Got some things to talk about 

Here beside the rising tide 



Come here Uncle John's Band 

Play into the tide 

Come on along or go alone 

He's come to take his children home