Hotel California on a Dark Desert Highway

On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
The 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 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 it here

Her mind is definitely twisted
She's got her Mercedes-Benz
She's got a lotta 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 1969"

And still those voices they're 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
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceilling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device"

In the master's chambers
They're gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knifes
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember
I was runnin' for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before

"Good night," said the night man
We are programmed to receive
You can check out anytime you like
But you can never leave