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 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 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