[Intro]
                      

[Verse]
          
It's coming on

             
 Christmas
          
They're cuttin

             
g down trees
          
They're puttin

             
g up reindeer
          
And singing so

             
ngs of joy and

 peace
        
Oh I wish I ha

d a river
        
I could skate 

away on
          
But it don't s

             
now here
          
It stays prett

             
y green
          
I'm going to m

             
ake a lot of m

oney
          
Then I'm going

             
 to quit this 

crazy scene
        
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 ha

d a river
             
I could skate 

          
away on
              
I made my baby

          
 cry
          
He tried hard 

             
to help me
          
You know, he p

             
ut me at ease
          
And he loved m

             
e so naughty
          
Made me weak i

             
n the knees
        
Oh I wish I ha

d a river
        
I could skate 

away on
          
I'm so hard to

             
 handle
          
I'm selfish an

             
d I'm sad
          
Now I've gone 

             
and lost the b

est baby
          
That I ever ha

             
d
        
Oh I wish I ha

d 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 ha

         
d a river
             
I could skate 

            
away on  
              
I made my baby

     
 say goodbye
          
It's coming on

             
 christmas
          
They're cuttin

             
g down trees
          
They're puttin

             
g up reindeer
          
And singing so

             
ngs of joy and

 peace
        
I wish I had a

 river
        
I could skate 

away on

[Outro]