It's coming on ChristmasnThey're cutting down treesnThey're putting up reindeernAnd singing songs of joy and peacenOh I wish I had a river nI could skate away onnBut it don't snow herenIt stays pretty greennI'm going to make a lot of moneynThen I'm going to quit this crazy scenenI wish I had a rivernI could skate away onnI wish I had a river so longnI would teach my feet to flynOh I wish I had a rivernI could skate away onnI made my baby crynnHe tried hard to help menYou know, he put me at easenAnd he loved me so naughtynMade me weak in the kneesnOh I wish I had a river nI could skate away onnI'm so hard to handlenI'm selfish and I'm sadnNow I've gone and lost the best babynThat I ever hadnOh I wish I had a rivernI could skate away onnI wish I had a river so longnI would teach my feet to flynOh I wish I had a rivernI made my baby say goodbyennIt's coming on ChristmasnThey're cutting down treesnThey're putting up reindeernAnd singing songs of joy and peacenI wish I had a rivernI could skate away on