Posted: 12.18.2001 I'm not a child, but still my heart can dream
"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 surely 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.
There'd be no more lives torn apart,
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.
--Amy Grant
very nice. it's kind of an extra special list this year, huh?
¤ ¤ posted by susannah on December 18, 2001 at 05:24 PM ¤ ¤
Yeah, every time I let myself think about how many Americans will have empty seats at the dinner table this Christmas, the floodgates open up all over again...so when I heard this, I had to share it...
¤ ¤ posted by robyn on December 18, 2001 at 05:29 PM ¤ ¤
one of my favorite christmas songs
¤ ¤ posted by Holly on December 18, 2001 at 07:35 PM ¤ ¤
that's a great one - i love amy grant's Christmas music :)
¤ ¤ posted by kristine on December 18, 2001 at 09:37 PM ¤ ¤
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