HOTEL CALIFORNIA

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,
anytime 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,
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 have 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 living it up at the Hotel California,
what a nice surprise, bring your alibi.

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 chamber,
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 nightmare,
we are programmed to receive,
you can check out any time you like,
but you can never leave…