Hotel California lyrics

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 and 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
There`s plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
you can find us 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 hear them say...
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
We`re 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
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can`t kill the beast-a