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 WENT 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 THOUGHT I HEARD THEM SAY
WELCOME TO THE
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
SUCH A LOVELY PLACE
SUCH A LOVELY FACE
PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
ANY TIME OF YEAR
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE
HER MIND IS TIFFANY-TWISTED
SHE GOT THE MERCEDES BENZ
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-SIXTYNINE
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 FACE
THEY LIVING IT UP AT THE
HOTELCALIFORNIA
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 MASTERS 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 ANYTIME
YOU LIKE
BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE