On the dark desert high way,
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
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 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 here 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 the nice surprise
What the 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
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
you like
But you can't never leave"...[start]../song/8/8002.MID[stop]