"I Believe in Father Christmas" by U2 <br /> <br />Irish rock-group U2 recorded I Believe in Father Christmas in 2008, for Bono's Product Red campaign to fight AIDS in Africa. <br />The song is a cover of Greg Lakes' 1975 song 'I Believe in Father Christmas'. <br /> <br />The track is among the first to be offered to subscribers to frontman Bono's new digital magazine RED(WIRE), which launched on Monday December 01, 2008 to coincide with World Aids Day. <br />Cash raised from subscriptions to the weekly online magazine will benefit people living with HIV in Africa. <br /> <br /> <br />Lyrics: <br /> <br />They said there'll be snow at Christmas <br />They said there'll be peace on Earth <br />But instead it just kept on raining <br />A veil of tears for the Virgin's birth <br />I remember one Christmas morning <br />A winters light and a distant choir <br />And the peal of a bell and that Christmas Tree smell <br />And their eyes full of tinsel and fire <br />They sold me a dream of Christmas <br />They sold me a Silent Night <br />And they told me a fairy story <br />'Till I believed in the Israelite <br />And I believed in Father Christmas <br />And I looked at the sky with excited eyes <br />'Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn <br />And I saw him and through his disguise <br /> <br />I wish you a hopeful Christmas <br />I wish you a brave New Year <br />All anguish pain and sadness <br />Leave your heart and let your road be clear <br />They said there'll be snow at Christmas <br />They said there'll be peace on Earth <br />Hallelujah Noel be it Heaven or Hell <br />The Christmas you get you deserve. <br /> <br />La la la la la la la la la la
