[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
          
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 h

              
ad a river I c

            
ould skate awa

y on


[Verse 2]
          
But it don't s

    
now here
          
It stays prett

      
y green
          
I'm gonna make

             
 a lot of mone

y
              
Then I'm gonna

          
 quit this cra

   
zy scene
        
I wish I had a

              
 river I could

       
 skate away on


[Chorus]
             
I wish I had a

  
 river so long
             
I would teach 

            
my feet to fly
             
Oh, I wish I h

             
ad a river I c

          
ould skate awa


y on
         
I made my baby

   
 cry

     


[Verse 3]
          
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 h

              
ad a river I c

            
ould skate awa

y on


[Verse 4]
          
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
        
I wish I had a

              
 river I could

        
 skate away on


[Chorus]
         
I wish I had a

              
 river so long
             
I would teach 

               
my feet to fly
             
Oh, I wish I h

             
ad a river I c

             
ould skate awa

     
y on
           
I made my baby

        
 say goodbye

   


[Verse 5]
          
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