Hotel California

On a dark desert highway,

Cool wind in my hair,

Warm smell of "colitas"

Rising up through the air,

Up ahead in the distance

I saw a shimmering light,

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,

I had to stop for the night.

There she stood in the doorway,

I heard the mission bell

And I was thinkin' to myself :

"This could be heaven and this could be hell"

Then she lit up a candle,

And she showed me the way,

There were voices down the corridor,

I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California,

Such a lovely place, (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel California,

Any time of year, (Any time of year) You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,

She got the Mercedes bends

She got a lot of 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 wine"

He said, "We haven't had that spirit here

Since nineteen sixty-nine"

And still those voices are 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 place) Such a lovely face

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California,

What a nice surprise, (What a nice surprise) Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,

and pink champagne on ice, and she said:

"We are all just prisoners here,

Of our own device"

And in the master's chambers

They gathered for the feast,

They stabbed it with their steely knives,

But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was running for the door,

I had to find the passage back to the place I was before,

"Relax," said the night man, "We are programmed to receive,

You can check out anytime you like... but you can never leave"