Uncle John's Band

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
 now think this through with me
 let me know your mind
 oh what i want to know
 is are you kind
 now it's a buck dancers choice my friends
 better take my advice
 you know all the rules by now
 and the fire from the ice
 now will you come with me
 won't you come with me
 oh what i want to know
 will you come with me
 sister well i declare
 have you seen the like
 their walls are built of cannon balls
 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
 oh what i want to know
 where does the time go
 i live in a silver mine
 and i call it beggers tomb
 i've got me a violin
 and i beg you call the tune
 anybody's choice
 i can hear your voice
 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 come on or go alone
 he's come to take his children home
 whoa 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
 come hear uncle john's band
 (brother)
 by the riverside
 (ain't no time to hate)
 got some things to talk about
 (sister)
 here beside the rising tide
 (ain't no time to wait)
 come hear uncle john's band
 playing to the tide
 come on along or go alone
 he's come to take his children home