A Long December

An excerpt from the song "A Long December" by Counting Crows (Recovering the Satellites album, 1996):

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 this may be my favorite line from the song:

The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters but no pearls.