Uncle John's Band (Live at McGaw Memorial Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 11/1/73)

Well, the first days are the hardest days
Don't you worry anymore
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 all you got?

It's the buck biter'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
Will you come with me?

Hot damn, well, I declare
Have you seen the like?
They're once I built of cannonballs
And the motto is don't tread on me

Come hear 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 my girl told me
It's the only one she 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've golden fingers too
I got me a violin
And I play for the two
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
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 along or go alone
He's come to take his children home