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 Now the days go by so fast And it's one more day up in the canyon And it's one more night in Hollywood If you think that I could be forgiven The smell of hospitals and 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 the light attaches to a girl And it's one more day up in the canyon And it's one more night in Hollywood If you think you might come to California I think you should Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, yeah Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, yeah Drove up the hillside manor sometimes after 2:00 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 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 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 have seen the ocean I guess I should Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, yeah Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, yeah Na-na-na-na (if I could, I guess I should) Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, yeah Na-na-na-na (if I could, I guess I should) Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, yeah Na-na-na-na (if I could) Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, yeah (I guess I should) Na-na-na-na (if I could) Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na, yeah (I guess I should)