River

[00:00.26]Ben Platt -River
[00:00.86]Written by:Joni Mitchell
[00:19.57]It's coming on Christmas
[00:22.00]They're cutting down trees
[00:24.27]They're putting up reindeer
[00:26.25]And singing songs of joy and peace
[00:28.72]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[00:38.54]But it don't snow here
[00:40.51]It stays pretty green
[00:42.95]I'm gonna make a lot of money
[00:45.04]Then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
[00:47.61]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[00:56.60]Oh I wish I had a river so long
[01:01.58]I would teach my feet to fly
[01:11.23]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[01:20.28]I made my baby cry
[01:37.93]He tried hard to help me
[01:39.90]You know he put me at ease
[01:42.07]And he loved me so naughty
[01:44.50]Made me weak in the knees
[01:47.02]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[01:56.91]I'm so hard to handle it
[01:59.17]But I'm selfish to understand
[02:01.15]Now I gonna lost the best baby
[02:03.47]That I have had it all
[02:05.95]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[02:14.88]Oh I wish I had a river so long
[02:20.08]I would teach my feet to fly
[02:34.51]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
[02:43.55]I made my baby say goodbye
[03:01.05]It's coming on Christmas
[03:03.43]They're cutting down trees
[03:06.00]They're putting up reindeer
[03:07.88]And singing songs of joy and peace
[03:10.41]Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Ben Platt -River
Written by:Joni Mitchell
It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm gonna make a lot of money
Then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Oh 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 cry
He tried hard to help me
You know 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 it
But I'm selfish to understand
Now I gonna lost the best baby
That I have had it all
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Oh 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 goodbye
It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on