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, it stays pretty green
Gonna make a lot of money, then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Oh, 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
She tried hard to help me, you know she put me at ease
And she loved me so hard, it made me weak in the knees
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Yeah, I'm so hard to handle
Yeah, I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby that I ever had
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Oh, 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
It's coming on Christmas, the cutting down trees, the putting up reindeer and
Singing songs of joy and peace
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on