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.

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

But heaven only 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.

What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth.

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, oh
This is my grown up christmas list
This is my only life long wish
This is my grown up christmas list.