A Long December lyrics

A long December and those reasons to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can`t remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving
Now the days go by so fast

And it`s one more day up in Kenya
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 Kenya
And it`s one more night in Hollywood
If you think to come to California
I wish you would

I drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two am
Talked a little while about the year
I guess the winter makes you laugh a littler 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 the last time I tried to tell myself to hold on
To these moments as they pass

And it`s one more day up in Kenya
And it`s one more night in Hollywood
It`s been so long since I`ve seen the ocean
I guess I should