Christmas Prayers.

Lyrics and Vocals: American singer-songwriter Neil Leslie Diamond (Neil Diamond).

In “Christmas Prayers,” Neil Diamond sings with a quiet tenderness that mixes grief and comfort. He’s holding a loved one close in memory, even as the season highlights that vacant chair, and he turns that same ache into something gentle and perhaps more sustaining.

Christmas Prayers.

Christmas Prayers.

You’re in my Christmas prayers,
And in my Christmas dreams.
In every Christmas story told,
And every song I sing,
In every song I sing.
When I hear people laugh,
And I see children play,
Reminds me of that photograph,
Of us on Christmas Day,
It’s us on Christmas Day.
I see you standing there,
And smiling down on me.
As I untie the gifts that lie,
Beneath our Christmas tree.
And every Christmas day,
I know I’ll find you there.
You’ll always be the answer to,
My every Christmas prayer,
My every Christmas prayer.
Grandmas, grandpas, fathers, mothers,
Friends I’ve loved dear,
Sisters, brothers, sons and daughters I once played with,
Aunts and uncles I once stayed with.
Their story will be told,
As long as love recalls.
Those loved ones smiling down on me,
The greatest gift of all,
The greatest gift of all.
The loved ones far and near,
Will be forever there.
It’s Christmas up in Heaven too,
With love beyond compare,
With love beyond compare.
Don’t have to read the book of life,
Behind the veil of tears,
You’ll always be right here with me,
And in my Christmas prayers.
You’re in my Christmas prayers.