A Long December

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A long December and there's 
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reason to believe
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Maybe this year will be better 
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than the last
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I can't remember the last thing 
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that you said
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As you were leavin'
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Now the days go by so fast

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And it's one more day up in the 
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canyons
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And it's one more night in 
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Hollywood
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If you think that I could be 
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forgiven...I wish you would
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Nanananananananana

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The smell of hospitals in winter
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And the feeling that it's all a 
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lot of oysters, but no pearls
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All at once you look across a 
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crowded room
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To see the way that light attaches
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 to a girl

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And it's one more day up in the 
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canyons
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And it's one more night in 
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Hollywood
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If you think you might come to 
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California...I think you should

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Nanananananananana

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Drove up to the Hillside Manor 
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sometime after two a.m
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And talked a little while about 
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the year

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I guess the winter makes you 
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laugh a little slower
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Makes you talk a little lower 
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about the things you could not show 
her

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And it's been a long December and 
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there's reason to believe
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Maybe this year will be better 
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than the last
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I can't remember all the times I 
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tried to tell myself
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To hold on to these moments as 
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they pass

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

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Nanana