River Lyrics - Aimee Mann

It's coming on christmas 

They're cutting down trees, 

Putting up reindeer, 

And singing songs of joy and peace. 

I wish I had a river, 

I could skate away on. 

But it don't snow here 

It stays pretty green. 

Gonna make a lot of money, 

Then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene. 

And 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. 

I wish I had a river, 

I could skate away on. 

I made my baby cry. 

Tried hard to help me, 

And you put me at ease. 

Loved me so naughty, 

Made me weaking in the knees. 

I wish I had a river, 

I could skate away on. 

I'm so hard to handle 

I'm selfish and I'm sad. 

I've gone and lost the best baby, 

I ever had. 

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. 

Wish I had a river, 

I could skate away on. 

I made my baby say, "Goodbye." 

It's coming on christmas 

They're cutting down trees, 

They're putting up reindeer, 

And singing songs of joy and peace. 

I wish I had a river, 

I could skate away on.