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 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, 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 face

They 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

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 programmed to receive.

You can checkout any time you like,

but you can never leave!