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 leaven� 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