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 thinking 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

There's plenty of room at the Hotel California

Any time of year (Any time of year)

you can find us here



Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,

she got the Mercedes Benz.

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 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

We're livin' 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

The stab it with their steely knives,

But they just can't kill the beast-a