A long December and

there's reason to believe

Maybe this year will be

better than the last

I can't remember the last thing

that you said as you were leavin'

Now the days go by so fast

And it's one more day up in the canyons

And it's 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 it's 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 it's one more day up in the canyons

And it's 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 it's been a long December

and there's reason to believe

Maybe this year will be

better than the last

I can't remember all the times

I tried to tell my myself

To hold on to these moments as they pass

And it's one more day up in the canyon

And it's one more night in Hollywood

It's been so long since I've seen

the ocean...I guess I should