Aretha Franklin
My Grown-Up Christmas List
[Verse 1]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
No more lives torn apart
And wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
No more lives torn apart
And wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts

[Chorus]
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

[Bridge]
What is this illusion
Called the innocence of youth
Maybe in our blind belief
We can only find the truth

[Pre-Chorus]
No more lives torn apart
And wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts

[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
This is my lifelong wish
This is my grown up Christmas list
My grown up Christmas list
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