Grown Up Christmas List by Mark Vincent (original 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 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 every one 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 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 every one 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 that 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 every one 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