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   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      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      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