HOTEL CALIFORNIA                    EAGLES



                            
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 THROUGH I HEARD THEM SAY:

" WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA

SUCH A LOVELY PLACE, (SUCH A LOVELY PLACE) SUCH A

LOVELY FACE

PLENTY OF ROOM AT THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA.

ANY TIME OF YEAR, (ANY TIME OF YEAR), YOU CAN

FIND IT HERE ".

HER MIND IS TIFFANY TWISTED. SHE GOT A

MERCEDES BENDS.

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

THEY 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.

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

PROGRAMED TO RECEIVE.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT ANY TIME LIKE BUT YOU CAN

NEVER LEAVE ".