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.

R: 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.

Well Heaven surely knows

That packages and bows

Can never heal

A hurting human soul.

R:

What is this illusion called the innocence of youth?

Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth.

R:

This is my grown-up Christmas list.