[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]