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