Aretha Franklin - My Grown Up Christmas List Lyrics

Do you remember me? I sat upon your knee

And I wrote to you with childhood fantasies

Well, I'm all grown up now, still need help somehow

Not for myself but for a world, a world in need

No more lives torn apart

And wars would never start

And time would heal all hearts

And every man would have a friend

And right would always win

And love would never ever, ever end

This is my grown up Christmas list

My Christmas list

As children we believe

The grandest sight we'd see

Was something pretty

Wrapped beneath the tree

And heaven only knows

That packages and bows

Could never, ever, ever heal

A human soul

No more lives torn apart

That wars would never start

And time would heal, heal

All broken hearts

Every, 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 in our blind belief

We can only find the truth

No more lives torn apart

That wars would never start

Time, time would heal

All broken hearts

Everyone would have a friend

And love would never end

And right would always win

This is my grown up Christmas list

This is my lifelong wish

This is my grown up Christmas list

My grown up Christmas list

I wish I found a [Incomprehensible]