HOTEL CALIFORNIA
 
 

 
OH 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

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 PLACE  )
 
SUCH A LOVELY FACE  (  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 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
 

WELCOLME TO THE HOTEL CLIFORNIA

SUCH A LOVELY PLACE  (  SUCH A LOVELY PLACE  )

SUCH A LOVELY FACE  (  SUCH A LOVELY FACE  )

THEY'RE LIVING IT UP AT THE HOTEL CLIFORNIA

WHAT A NICE SURPRISE (  WHAT A NICE SURPRISE  )

BRING YOUR ALIBI'S
 

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 GATHER FOR THE FEAST

THEY STAB IT WITH THEIR STEELY KNIFES

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 RECIEVE

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