Jakarta (ANTARA) - Lagu "Grown-Up Christmas List" adalah lagu bertemakan natal yang diciptakan oleh penyanyi asal Kanada David Foster (musiknya) dan Linda Thompson-Jenner (liriknya).
Awalnya lagu itu masuk dapur rekaman pada 1990 dibawakan berduet oleh Foster dan putri Nat "King" Cole, Natalie Cole.
Lalu lagu itu dikover oleh Amy Grant untuk
albumnya pada tahun 1992 bertajuk "Home for Christmas". Versi Grant menyertakan bait tambahan yang ia tulis sendiri.
Lirik lagu tersebut menggambarkan kemurnian masa kanak-kanak dengan dibuatkannya daftar keinginan saat natal. Antara lain dunia akan lebih baik ketika semua pihak mengakhiri perang, menyembuhkan luka hati, dan mewujudkan persahabatan universal melalui kasih sayang dan persatuan.
Liriknya menekankan pentingnya berfokus pada kesejahteraan seluruh umat manusia, agar kemakmuran bisa diperoleh melampaui pemberian material apapun yang berharga.
Baca juga: Lirik lagu Bing Crosby "Winter Wonderland" Baca juga: Lirik lagu Natal Teddy Swims "Silent Night"
Lirik lengkap lagu "Grown-Up Christmas List" sebagai berikut:
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
And 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
And wars would never start
And time would heal the heart
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
No more lives torn apart
And 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 lifelong wish
This is my grown-up Christmas list
Baca juga: Lirik lagu jadul The Pretenders "2000 Miles" Baca juga: Lirik lagu "Lonely This Christmas" oleh Mud Baca juga: Lirik lagu "Cozy Little Christmas" oleh Katy Perry
