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 heavymy 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 Heaventhis could be Hell
Then she lit up a candleshe 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 havent 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 living 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 masters chambers,
　 They gathered for the feast
　 The stab it with their steely knives,
　 But they just cant 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!