Uncle John

by Pearls Before Swine

From the album: One Nation Underground

Track 8 of 20 on One Nation Underground (1967).

Duration: 2:56

One Nation Underground cover art

Lyrics for Uncle John

The wind winds the platform Blows through your suit creases You want us To crucify the enemy for Jesus With your chamber-of-commerce soul You talk of war so bold God is on our side, but He's lost in your wallet-fold And the widows a-sighing The children a-crying The screams of the dying Say you are lying, Uncle John You pull out your Sunday God And hold him up so proud And say he is with us To the Applauding crowd But the burn-blackened place The shredded disfigured face Don't say that God is Love They say that you are Hate And the widows a-sighing The children a-crying The screams of the dying Say you are lying, Uncle John You stand up on the platform With the flag wrapped all around you And tell us that the Bible says To fight for it we're bound to But the Red's for the blood we lose The White's for the gauze they use To cover burned-out blackened men The rest is for the bodies numb and Blue And the widows a-sighing The children a-crying The screams of the dying Say you are lying, Uncle John

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  1. Another Time
  2. Playmate
  3. Ballad to an Amber Lady
  4. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse
  5. Drop Out!
  6. Morning Song
  7. Regions of May
  8. Uncle John
  9. I Shall Not Care
  10. The Surrealist Waltz
  11. Uncle John - ESP Out-Take
  12. Playmate - ESP Out-Take
  13. Morning Song - Pre ONU, Spring '67 Orlando, Florida
  14. Surrealist Waltz - ESP Out-Take
  15. Drop Out! - Magic Eye Show Radio Session, 1997
  16. Another Time - WHCN Radio Session, 1972
  17. Ballad to an Amber Lady - Wizard of Is Out-Take
  18. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse - Live at the Free Music Store, 1971
  19. Full Fathom Five - I Shall Not Care - Live at Goddard College, 1972
  20. State U Instrumental - Pre ONU, Spring '67 Orlando, Florida