A Long December

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 leaving
But 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 can be forgiven
I wish you would

The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it's all a line of oysters, but no pearls
And 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 that I can be forgiven
I wish you would

Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after 2 AM
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 myself
To hold on to each moment as they pass

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
Yeah, it's been so long since I've seen the ocean
I guess I should