"Someday at Christmas"

According to the website "Song Facts", this song was written by Motown songwriters Ron Miller and Bryan Wells for Stevie Wonder's Christmas album, and  released during the Vietnam War.  It was one of the first Christmas songs with a social and political message.  It took a stand for peace, equality and compassion.

 

I've heard this song for years, but never really listened to it until recently.  This song could have been written yesterday, the lyrics are quite moving.  It's worth taking the time to find it on the internet and listen to it. 

 

I know I won't see "Someday" during my lifetime, but maybe my son and his children will.

  

"Someday At Christmas"

Someday at Christmas men won't be boys
Playing with bombs like kids play with toys
One warm December our hearts will see
A world where men are free

Someday at Christmas there'll be no wars
When we have learned what Christmas is for
When we have found what life's really worth
There'll be peace on earth

Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime

Someday at Christmas we'll see a land
With no hungry children, no empty hand
One happy morning people will share
Our world where people care

Someday at Christmas there'll be no tears
All men are equal and no men have fears
One shining moment, one prayer away
From our world today

Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime

Someday at Christmas man will not fail
Hate will be gone and love will prevail
Someday a new world that we can start
With hope in every heart

Someday all our dreams will come to be
Someday in a world where men are free
Maybe not in time for you and me
But someday at Christmastime
Someday at Christmastime