All aboard the family coach
 
 It's leaving Bamville Road
 
 Christmas 1968
 
 The Christmas when it snowed.
 
 Whilst on board the family coach
 
 They were circling the moon
 
 No one had been there before
 
 And they'd be landing there in June (July I know)
 
  
  Hey hey family coach
 
 My family coach
 
 You've got to make the most
 
 The most of your family coach
  
 
 Meanwhile on the family coach
 
 The postillion quietly spoke
 
 He said, "You can not leave your family coach
 
 And this is not a joke
 
 We must work out our differences
 
 Though none of us may change
 
 We all take different routes through life
 
 But your coach will stay the same".
  
 
 Back on board Apollo 8
 
 They had gone behind
 
 And the human family held its breath
 
 And wondered what they'd find.
 
 Our family coach can stay on earth
 
 Or be a rocket ship
 
 But wherever you may go
 
 Your kin will share the trip.
  
 
 Now it might well appear to you
 
 That they were simpler days
 
 The family coach is smaller now
 
 Some have passed away
 
 But there's never been a golden age
 
 Nostalgia's for the lame
 
 The best is always yet to come
 
 It's that kind of game.
  
 
 Hey hey family coach
 
 My family coach
 
 You've got to make the most
 
 The most of your family coach.