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

For the days go by so fast

And it's one more day up in the canyons

And it's one more night in Hollywood

And 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

And all at once you look across the 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 wish you would

Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after 2 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

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 onto 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 oceans

I guess I should