[00:20.09]It's coming on Christmas,
[00:22.37]They're cutting down trees.
[00:24.78]They're putting up reindeer
[00:27.14]And singing songs of joy and peace,
[00:29.88]Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
[00:40.50]But it don't snow here,
[00:42.10]Stays pretty green.
[00:44.32]I'm gonna make a lot of money
[00:47.07]And and then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene.
[00:50.00]Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
[00:57.95]
[00:59.48]I wish I had a river so long,
[01:05.00]I would teach my feet to fly.
[01:11.00]
[01:14.06]Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
[01:21.64]I made my baby cry.
[01:28.15]
[01:40.54]he tried hard to help me,
[01:42.60]he put me at ease.
[01:44.94]lord,he loved me so naughty,
[01:47.50]made me weak in the knees.
[01:50.23]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
[01:58.11]I'm so hard to handle,
[02:01.89]I'm selfish and I'm sad.
[02:04.35]Now I've gone and lost the best baby
[02:07.05]That I've ever had.
[02:09.36]Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
[02:19.11]I wish I had a river so long,
[02:24.58]I would teach my feet to fly.
[02:32.20]
[02:38.48]Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
[02:47.99]I made my baby say goodbye.
[02:53.14]
[03:05.65]It's coming on Christmas,
[03:07.69]They're cutting down trees.
[03:10.12]They're putting up reindeer
[03:12.44]And singing songs of joy and peace,
[03:15.10]I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
[03:33.05]

It's coming on Christmas,
They're cutting down trees.
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace,
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
But it don't snow here,
Stays pretty green.
I'm gonna make a lot of money
And and then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene.
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
I wish I had a river so long,
I would teach my feet to fly.
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
I made my baby cry.
he tried hard to help me,
he put me at ease.
lord,he loved me so naughty,
made me weak in the knees.
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
I'm so hard to handle,
I'm selfish and I'm sad.
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I've ever had.
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
I wish I had a river so long,
I would teach my feet to fly.
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on.
I made my baby say goodbye.
It's coming on Christmas,
They're cutting down trees.
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace,
I wish I had a river I could skate away on.