Back in 1990, Natalie Cole made the first recording of this song. The lyrics are by Linda Thompson-Jenner and the music is the genius of David Foster.
I love the lyrics so much I used them when I made my Christmas cards several years ago.
"My 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.
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 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.
truth.
(There'd be)
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."
*images from google.com*
