Lyric discussion by gulfman_74 

Cover art for My Uncle lyrics by Flying Burrito Brothers, The

It's a classic anti-war song. It was written after Gram received a letter in the mail about the draft. He was upset about it so he and Chris Hillman sat down and wrote a song about it. Steve Earle has done a cover of it and it's pretty good. He's a modern day Gram Parsons.