1. Heartland into my heart
2. Rose rocks
3. Roll on brother
4. Trail of tears
5. When you’re walking away
6. For the kids
7. North wind
8. Close the door
9. The Great Unknown
10. That night
11. Boy in the middle
12. Holding on to tomorrow
13. The Glamorgan Road
Here's another one that, unless you have a young kid, will make you figure this guy has gone around the bend.
Perversely, I'd like to hear this song with a hip-hop arrangement.
Apologies to Zoboomafoo.
The Great Unknown
Stephen R. Coffee ©2004
How well I still recall the day
The day it came and took me away
And all that I'd done wrong was turn five
But Mama said "It's the rule,
All little kids got to go to school.
And that bus is gonna bring you back alive."
So she combed my hair and matched my sox
Packed my Scooby-Doo lunchbox
And hand in hand we walked down to the road
There was all these kids in their Monday best
I acted cool like all the rest
Scared to death but I don't think it showed
And then it rolled into view
Bigger than Dallas and Ft Worth too
Snorting and groaning, bellowing wailing
It lumbered up like a yellow whale
And then you won't believe what it did
It opened up its mouth and gobbled up all of us kids
Yeah it carried me away
Into the great unknown
And then it brought me home
Well that's how it all came back to me
My eyes so wet I could barely see
Fumbling around in the kitchen
When my little girl said "come on let's go
It's my first day of school, you know"
I guess I'm just no good at transitions
But I tied a bow in here Barbie shoes
And packed her lunch-yeah, Scooby-Doo
And hand in hand we walked down to the road
If she was scared I couldn't see
She always was much braver than me
And so excited she could just about explode
But us parents didn't know what to do
We just stood there staring at our shoes
Acting like there was nothing strange
When that bus rolled in like the winds of change
My daughter waved goodbye and then she smiled
Well Driver you be careful, you know she's just a little child
And it carried her away
Into the great unknown
and then it brought her home
Now every day about quarter to four
I bust out through the old front door
I wouldn't want to keep a princess waiting
There's something about the way things change
And yet somehow still remain the same
That sets my poor heart to reverberating
Then before you can say bubble gum jello
And blaze of pink pops out of the yellow
Hi Sweetheart, how was school
She won't tell, she ain't no fool
What did you learn, did you bring me something back?
Is there something for me in that oversized Powerpuff Girl backpack
That's gonna help me understand the great unknown?
Well every day she's less my girl
And a little bit more a part of the world
And I guess it should be clear to me
the future is not ours to see
And I don't know where she's taking us
But the five year old is driving this bus
Yeah she's taking me away
Into the great unknown
bringing me back home
Into the great unknown