well the first days are the hardest days don t you worry any more cause when life looks like easy street there is danger at your door think this through with me let me know your mind wo 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 wo oh what i want to know will you come with me goddamn well i declare have you seen the like their wall 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 wo 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 wo 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 wo 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