On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
The warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air
Up ahaed in a distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and
my side grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be heaven or
this could be hell
Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices
down the corridore
I thought I heard them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
such a lovely face
There's plenty of room
in the Hotel California
Any time of year
you can find it here
Her mind is tiffany twisted
She's got a Mercedes Benz
She's got a lotta pretty
pretty boys
She calls friends
How they dance
in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget
So I called up the captain
Please bring me my vine
He said
We haven't had that
spirit here since 1969
And still those voices
they're calling from far away
Wake you up
in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
such a lovely face
They're livin it up
at the Hotel California
Any time of year
you can find it here
Mirrors on the ceilling
the pink champaign on ice
And she said
We are all just prisoners here
of our own device
In the masters chambers
they're gahthered for the feast
They stab it with
their steely knifes
but they just
can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember
I was runnin for the door
I had to find the passage
back to the place I was before
Relax said the night man
We're all programmed
to recieve
You can check out
everytime you like
but you can never leave
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
such a lovely face
They're livin it up
at the Hotel California
Any time of year
you can find it here