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
OR 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 FACE
PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
ANY TIME OF YEAR
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE
HER MIND IS
TIFFANYTWISTED
SHE GOT THE MERCEDESBENZ
SHE GOT A LOT OF PRETTY
PRETTY BOYS
THAT 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'RE LIVIN' IT UP
AT THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA
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