For NYC and all of us, a holiday wish we need to work on all year

All my life I have found music to be a source of comfort, inspiration and communication. Sometimes a melody or a lyric will express an emotion better than anything I can come up with myself. And this Christmas, as I find myself mourning over the horrors that seem to be proliferating everywhere, I am wisely reminded by friends that we cannot give up, we must do what we can, where we are. As a writer, as a woman, as a mother, I seek to find words to make sense of recent events. I cannot. But what I can do is share a holiday song, that — while dedicated to New York City and is particularly poignant this year — it sends a global message recognizing both the longing for "peace within our time" and the need for us to spend more time bringing our compassion and forgiveness into all that we do.

Rob Thomas - Merry New York Christmas

Lyrics:
Call on your Angels, come down to the city
Crowd around the big tree, all you strangers who know me
Bring your compassion, your understanding
Lord, how we need it on this New York City Christmas
Yeah, I'm sending you a Merry New York Christmas
And a prayer for peace on earth within our time
Hear the sidewalk Angels echo, "Halleluja"
We understand them, now more than ever
So call on your angels, you're beaten and broken
It's time that we mended so they don't fade with the season
Let our mercy be the gifts we lay from Brooklyn to Broadway
And celebrate each and every day of this New York City Christmas
Yeah, I'm sending you a Merry New York Christmas
And a prayer for peace on earth within our time
Hear the sidewalk angels echo, "Hallelujah"
We understand them, now more than ever
Merry New York Christmas
Call on your Angels, come down to the city
Let's crowd around the big tree, all you strangers you know me
Bring your compassion, bring your forgiveness
Lord, how we need it on this New York City Christmas
Yeah, I'm sending you a Merry New York Christmas
And a prayer for peace on earth, it's not too late
Yeah, the sidewalk Angels echo, "Hallelujah"
We understand them, we hear them say
Merry Christmas, ah yeah, yes, a New York City Christmas
Merry New York Christmas

Rob Thomas - A New York Christmas Lyrics | MetroLyrics