HOTEL CALIFORNIA

ON A DARK DESERT HIGHWAY, COOL WIND IN MY HAIR
WARM SMELL OF COLITAS RISING UP THROUGH THE AIR
UP AHED 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 THINKING TO MYSELF,
THIS COULD
BE HEAVEN OR THIS COULD BE HELL
THEN SHE LIT UP THE CANDLE AND SHE SHOWED
ME THE WAY
THERE WERE VOICES DOWN THE CORRIDOR
I THROUGHT I HEARD THEM SAY..

WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA
SUCH LOVELY PLACE (SUCH A LOVELY PLACE)
SUCH ALOVELY FACE
PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA
ANY TIME OF YEAR (ANY TIME OF HERE)
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE

HER MIND IS TIFFANY-TWISTED, SHE GOT
THE MERCEDES BENDS
SHE GOT A LOT OF PRETTY, PRETTY BOYS THAT
SHE CALL FRIENDS
HOW THE DANCE IN THE COURTYARD SWEET
SUMMER SWEAT
SOME DANCE TO REMEMBER, SOME DANCE
TO FORGET

SO I CALLED UP THE CAPTAIN," PLEASE
BRING IN MY WINE"
HE SAID,"WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SPIRIT
HERE SINCE NINTEEN 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 LIVING' IT UP AT THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA
WHAT A NICE SURPRISE ( WHAT A NICE SURPRISE)
BRING YOUR ALIBIS

MIRRORS ON THE CEILING, THE 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 STAB 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 ANY TIME YOU LIKE,
BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE"...