Matthew - Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974

I had an uncle named Matthew
 He was his father's only boy
 Born just south of Colby, Kansas
 He was his mother's pride and joy
 Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
 Love was just the way to live and die
 Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
 Blue's just a Kansas summer sky
 And all the stories that he told me
 Back when I was just a lad
 And ll the memories that he gave me
 And all the good times that he had
 Growin' up a Kansas farm boy
 Life was mostly havin' fun
 Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders
 Behind a mule, beneath the sun
 Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
 Love was just the way to live and die
 Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
 Blue, just a Kansas summer sky
 Well, I guess there were some hard times
 And I'm told some years were lean
 They had a storm in '47
 A twister came and stripped them clean
 He lost the farm and lost his family
 He lost the wheat and lost his home
 But he found a family Bible
 Faith as solid as a stone
 Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
 Love was just the way to live and die
 Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
 Blue, just a Kansas summer sky
 So he came to live at our house
 And he came to work the land
 Came to ease my daddy's burden
 And he came to be my friend
 So I wrote this down for Matthew
 And it's for him the song is sung
 Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders
 Behind a mule, beneath the sun
 Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
 Love was just the way to live and die
 Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field
 Blue's just a Kansas summer sky
 Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
 Love was just the way to live and die
 Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
 Blue, just a Kansas summer sky