A Long December

The Counting Crows

A long December, and there's reason to beleive


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 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 beleive


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.