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
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.