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 leavin'

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 can be forgiven....I wish you would



The smell of hospitals in winter

And the feeling that its 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 canyon

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 

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 cou