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 could 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 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 its 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 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.