[Verse 1: Don Henley]
[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]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]
[Chorus: Don Henley]
[“Welcome to the Hotel California] (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”]
[Verse 2: Don Henley]
[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 had that spirit here since 1969”]
[And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say]
[Chorus: Don Henley]
[“Welcome to the Hotel California]
Such a lovely face]
[They living it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis”]
[Verse 3: Don Henley]
[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!”]
[[Guitar Solo]]