Grown Up Christmas List

Do you remember me?
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies.

Well, I'm all grown-up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream.

So here's my lifelong wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need.

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts.

And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list.

What is this illusion called
The innocence of youth?
Maybe only in our blind belief
Can we ever find the truth?

As children we believed
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath the tree.

Well, heaven surely knows
That packages and bows
Can never heal
A hurting human soul.

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts.

And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list.

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts.

And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list.

This is my only lifelong wish
This is my grown-up Christmas list.