[00:20.01]it's coming on christmas
[00:22.38]they're cutting down trees
[00:24.81]they're putting up reindeer singing songs of joy and peace
[00:30.22]oh i wish i had a river
[00:33.05]i could skate away on
[00:39.83]but it don't snow here
[00:41.85]it stays pretty green
[00:43.07]i'm going to make a lot of money
[00:46.54]and then i'm going to quit this crazy scene
[00:49.47]oh i wish i had a river
[00:52.89]i could skate away on
[00:55.04]i wish i had a river so long
[01:04.91]i would teach my feet to fly high
[01:13.90]oh i wish i had a river
[01:17.01]i could skate away on
[01:23.64]i made my baby cry
[01:31.69]
[01:40.81]he tried hard to help me
[01:42.94]you know, he put me at ease
[01:45.18]and he loved me so naughty
[01:47.32]made me weak in the knees
[01:49.84]oh i wish i had a river
[01:53.73]i could skate away on
[02:00.69]but i'm so hard to handle
[02:02.48]i'm selfish and i'm sad
[02:04.68]now i've gone and lost the best baby that i've ever had
[02:10.03]oh i wish i had a river
[02:13.50]i could skate away on
[02:20.40]oh i wish i had a river so long
[02:25.40]i would teach my feet to fly high
[02:39.55]oh i wish i had a river
[02:42.25]that i could skate away on
[02:49.93]i made my baby say goodbye
[03:01.07]
[03:06.49]it's coming on christmas
[03:07.42]they're cutting down trees
[03:11.32]they're putting up reindeer singing songs of joy and peace
[03:14.75]oh i wish i had a river
[03:17.47]i could skate away on
[03:20.48]
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