Grown-Up Christmas List

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
As children we believed the grandest sight to see
Was something lovely wrapped beneath the tree
But heaven only knows that packages and bows
Can never heal a hurting human soul

[Chorus]
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, no
This is my grown up Christmas list

[Bridge]
What is this illusion called the innocence of youth?
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth, oh

[Chorus]
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, oh

[Outro]
This is my grown-up Christmas list, oh
This is my grown-up Christmas list