A Long December

[00:13.89] A long December and there's reason to believe
[00:19.26] Maybe this year will be better than the last
[00:26.98] I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving
[00:34.07] Now the days go by so fast
[00:39.42] And it's one more day up in the canyons
[00:46.12] And it's one more night in Hollywood
[00:52.97] If you think that I could be forgiven
[00:59.56] I wish you would
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[01:14.64] The smell of hospitals in winter
[01:18.26] And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters but no pearls
[01:28.11] All at once, you look across a crowded room
[01:33.46] To see the way that light attaches to a girl
[01:40.38] And it's one more day up in the canyons
[01:47.16] And it's one more night in Hollywood
[01:53.95] If you think you might come to California
[02:00.73] I think you should
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[02:29.84] Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two A.M
[02:36.20] And talked a little while about the year
[02:43.38] I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower
[02:48.74] Makes you talk a little lower
[02:51.79] About the things you could not show her
[02:55.43] And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
[03:01.48] Maybe this year will be better than the last
[03:09.51] I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
[03:15.76] To hold on to these moments as they pass
[03:25.75] And it's one more day up in the canyon
[03:32.86] And it's one more night in Hollywood
[03:39.52] It's been so long since I've seen the ocean
[03:46.25] I guess I should
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