[Intro] 
         
 
[Chorus]
             
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] 
            
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 
            
Oh, I wish I h

              
ad a river I c

     
ould skate awa

y on 
             
I wish I had a

          
 river so long

 
             
I would teach 

            
my feet to fly

    
       wooh
             
I wish I had a

             
 river I could

           
 skate away on

 
            
I made my baby

 
 cry
 
[Verse] 
             
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 
             
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 h

              
ad a river I c

     
ould skate awa

y on 
 
[Bridge] 
             
I wish I had a

          
 river so long

 
             
I would teach 

            
my feet to fly

    
       wooh
             
I wish I had a

             
 river I could

           
 skate away on

 
            
I made my baby

         
 say goodby
 
[Chorus] 
             
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
 
[Outro]