"Grown Up Christmas List" lyrics

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 help somehow?
I'm not a child, but my heart still can dream
So here's my life-long wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself, but for a world in need

No more lives torn apart
That wars will never start
And time will heal our hearts
Every one will have a friend
That right will always win
And love will never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

May kindness rule our lives
Not just the strong survive
Sweet tears for all the thousand years gone by
This is the world I pray
We will all share someday
Help me begin by reaching out my hand

No more lives torn apart
That wars will never start
And time will heal our hearts
Every one will have a friend
That right will always win
And love will never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

What is this illusion called
"The innocence of youth"
Maybe only in that blind belief can we ever find the truth

No more lives torn apart
That wars will never start
And time will heal our hearts
Every one will have a friend
That right will always win
And love will never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

This is the prayer I hope you hear
This is my grown-up Christmas list
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