Bettie serveert - River

title: River (see below for lyrics)
artist: Bettie serveert
album: Zo, dit is kerstmis (1998),
een cd met kerstnummers door diverse Nederlandse artiesten en bands, uitgegeven door de VPRO

More of my videos for Zo Dit Is Kerstmis:    • Zo, dit is kerstmis  
More unusual & often unmerry Christmas songs:    • Alt.Christmas  

River is written and composed by Joni Mitchell

Bettie serveert:
Carol van Dijk: gitaar, zang
Herman Bunskoeke: basgitaar
Peter Visser: gitaar
Martijn Blankestijn: toetsinstrumenten
Gino Geudens: drums, achtergrondzang

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Lyrics:
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 going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
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
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
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
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
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
I wish I had a river I could skate away on


© 1970; Joni Mitchell