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 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 the year, you can find it here

Her mind’s Tiffany-twisted, she got a Mercedes Benz

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys that she calls friends

How they danced 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 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 stabbed 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 checkout any time you like

But you can never leave