A Long December

A long December and theres reason to believe

Maybe this year will be better than the last

I cant remember the last thing that you said as you were leavin

Now the days go by so fast

And its one more day up in the canyons

And its one more night in Hollywood

If you think that I could be forgiven...

I wish you would

The smell of hospitals in winter

And the feeling that its all a lot of oysters, but no pearls

All at once you look across a crowded room

To see the way that light attaches to a girl

And its one more day up in the canyons

And its one more night in Hollywood

If you think you might come to California...

I think you should

Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.

And talked a little while about the year

I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,

Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her

And its been a long December and theres reason to believe

Maybe this year will be better than the last

I cant remember all the times I tried to tell my myself

To hold on to these moments as they pass

And its one more day up in the canyon

And its one more night in Hollywood

Its been so long since Ive seen the ocean...
I guess I should