A Thousand Years - Janis Ian

There is silence on the street tonight

And the cars have all gone home

Every shop has locked its doors up tight

Getting ready for the show

And it’s time for me to go

There’s a roaring fire and a rocking chair

And a stocking full of dreams

Every corner’s filled with a joyful air

And the scent of evergreen

We will toast peace on earth

Raise a glass of Christmas cheer

And ask this night to last a thousand years

A thousand years

A thousand years

We will ask this night to last

A thousand years

If the sky belonged to me alone

And my dreams could all come true

I would give to every child a home

Like the one I share with you

So let us toast peace on earth

And good fortune everywhere

And ask this night to last a thousand years

I will wrap my heart in a silver bow

And place it in your hands

For your love’s the gift I cherish most

Out of all the gifts I’ve had

A thousand years

A thousand years

We will ask this night to last

A thousand years

A thousand years

A thousand years

We will ask this night to last

A thousand years