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 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 the 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 no reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better that 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�ve seen the ocean... I guess I should
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can�t remember the last thing 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 the 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 no reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better that 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�ve seen the ocean... I guess I should