| Year: | 1977 |
| Rank: | 19 |
| Duration: | 6:30 |
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 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 bends
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 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
programmed to receive
You can check-out
any time you like
But you can never
leave!"