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River

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River was released on October 30, 2012 by Merge Records as a part of the album Tinsel and Lights

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It's coming on Christmas

They're cutting down trees

They're putting up reindeers

Singing songs of joy and peace

I wish I had a river I could skate away on

But it don't snow here, it just stays pretty green

I'm gonna make a lot of money

Then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene

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

He tried hard to help me, he put me at ease

And he loved me so naughty

Made me weak in the knees

Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad

And now I've lost the best baby that I ever had

Oh, 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

Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I made my baby say bye

It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees

They're putting up reindeers

Singing songs of joy and peace

I wish I had a river that I could skate away on

Written by: Joni Mitchell

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