Dearest Santa

Would you listen and lend an ear

'Cause I only come around once a year?

And this is for a very special cause

My name is Santa Claus

One Christmas Eve, I visited a home

Where children lived who've no home of their own

And though I brought them gifts galore,

This is what one asked me for...

"Dearest Santa, I don't want toys

Or choo-choo trains with lots of noise.

I want a home like other boys

Christmas day.

"Dearest Santa, I will be

Just as good as I can be

If you'll give me a family

Christmas day.

"I'm so lonesome, I'm so blue.

Is there somethin' you can do? oh...

"Please, dear Santa, don't ignore

This little boy who's begging for

A mother whom he'll just adore

Christmas day.

"I would be so proud and glad

If I could just say, 'Meet my dad,' so...

"Please, dear Santa, heed my quest

And tell them I'll behave my best,

That if they'd take me, they'll be blessed

Christmas day."