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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jerry Garcia
Lead Vocals
Phil Lesh
Bass Guitar
Mickey Hart
Drums
Bob Weir
Background Vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jerry Garcia
Songwriter
Robert Hunter
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Grateful Dead
Producer
Ron Wickersham
Engineer
Susan Wickersham
Engineer
Betty Cantor
Producer
Bob Matthews
Producer
Lyrics
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
Woah, oh, what I want to know
Is are you kind?
It's a buck dancer'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?
Woah, oh, what I want to know
Will you come with me?
Goddamn, well, I declare
Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannonballs
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
Woah, 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
Anybody's choice
I can hear your voice
Woah, 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
Woah, 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
Writer(s): Robert C. Hunter, Jerome J. Garcia
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