Grown Up Christmas List - Kelly Clarkson

I think Kelly Clarkson gets overlooked many times when we think of the "Divas" of our time- Whitney, Christina, Carrie, Mariah, Celine, and the latest, Beyonce. But let's be honest, Kelly has some pipes! You can really hear her incredible talent on her Christmas album, Wrapped in Red. I love Kelly's version of "Grown Up Christmas List" because of the soulful, sometimes raspy tones to her voice. I will never forget the first summer American Idol came on and seeing Kelly win the title; "A Moment Like This" was on repeat after she released it as a single.

Enjoy!

Lyrics

Do you remember me?
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
with childhood fantasies

Well I'm all grown up now
Can you still 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 believe
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath the tree

But 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 our hearts

And everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end, no
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
Ohhh

No more lives torn apart
(No more torn apart)
That wars would never start
(Never start)
And time would heal all hearts
(Oh, hearts)

Everyone would have a friend
(One would have a friend)
And right would always win
(Would always win)
And love would never end
(Never, never end, no)

This is my grown up Christmas list
This is my only lifelong wish
This is my grown up Christmas list

Songwriters
FOSTER, DAVID / THOMPSON, LINDA N