A Long December

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A long December and there's reason to believe
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Maybe this year will be better than the last
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I can't remember the last thing 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 canyons
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And it's one more night in Hollywood
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If you think that I could be 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 lot of oysters, but no pearls
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All at once you look across a crowded room
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To see the way that light attaches to a girl

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

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Nanananananananana

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

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

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

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

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Nanana