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.