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
Like the first song, this was written a few years ago. It's a simple song, although the switch from 3/4 to 4/4 and back is a mind-bender to play.
Theres a kind of D minor / C major thread running through the collection that draws from my experience of family, blending current experience with dim memories and made-up history.
This song is an idiosyncratic collection of memories of the years I spent with my grandparents. I was always mystified when, at some provocation I hadn't perceived, my grandmother would start singing a hymn and my grandfather would fall in with the harmony. The duet with my Mom is an attempt to represent that.
Rose Rocks
Stephen R. Coffee ©2004
Rose rocks, oaken clocks
Ticking and chiming all night clocks
Let's go see what's in the toy box
Sing song sing
Sing song sing
“Oh me's” and bony knees
Sit in the shade in the cool breeze
Hymns sung in sweet two part harmony
Sing song sing
Milk shakes and scratch cakes
How many points on a snowflake
Go for a ride to “the little lake”
Sing song sing
Oil paints and marching saints
Gathering down by the river saints
Old Jack Frost wrote on the window pane
Sing song sing
Peach trees and pear trees
Roses and iris and peonies
Save up some crumbs for the birdies
Sing song sing
Old Spice, wrongs and rights
Sitting up watching the black-and-white
Hope the tornado don't come tonight
Sing song sing