[00:09.37]It's coming on Christmas
[00:11.07]They're cutting down trees
[00:12.87]They're putting up reindeer
[00:15.17]And singing songs of joy and peace
[00:17.27]I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[00:25.83]Now it don't snow here
[00:27.78]It stays pretty green
[00:30.08]I'm gonna make a lotta money
[00:31.88]And I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
[00:33.88]I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[00:40.88]I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly
[00:54.63]
[00:54.82]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[01:08.42]I made my baby cry
[01:09.22]She tried hard to help me
[01:10.27]She put me at ease
[01:11.52]And she loved me so naughty
[01:12.72]She made me weak in the knees
[01:15.57]I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[01:23.97]I'm so hard to handle
[01:25.87]I'm selfish I'm sad
[01:27.97]And I've gone and lost the best baby that I ever had
[01:32.78]I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[01:39.28]Mmm I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly
[01:53.38]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[02:47.41]I made my baby say goodbye
[02:49.21]It's coming on Christmas
[02:49.86]They're cutting down trees
[02:51.51]They're putting up reindeer
[02:52.71]And singing songs of joy and peace
[02:56.16]I wish I had a river I could skate away on