Every year at Christmas 

All I can see 

Are pictures of the things I want 

Around the tree 

But this year's a little different 

I'm not thinking of myself 

So my prayer for this Christmas 

Is for somebody else 



So I pray… 

Joy To the World 

Peace for every boy and girl 



God I know you're listening 

And you can hear 

The need of every broken heart 

And all their tears 

I don't have a lot to offer 

Just this one simple prayer 

That this Christmas everyone would know 

Somebody cares 



So I pray 

Joy To the World 

Peace for every boy and girl 

Hope when life is hard 

Light when everything seems dark 



I pray that every hungry soul 

Will be filled and will be warm 

That not a single, solitary child 

Would suffer harm 



And Lord we find their ending 

As we take another view 

My hope is that this Christmas prayer 

Would somehow come true 





I pray 

Humanity would rise 

And join with me 

And together we'll sing 



Joy To the World (To all the world) 

Peace (Peace) for every boy and girl (for every boy and girl) 

(Talking bout hope) Hope when life is hard (when life is hard) 

Light when everything seems dark 



I pray that (I pray) every hungry soul 

Will be filled and will be warm 

(Not a single child) That not a single, solitary child 

Would suffer harm 



And Lord we find their ending 

As we take another view 

My hope is that this Christmas prayer 

Would somehow come true 



Joy To the World 

Peace for every boy and girl