Lyrics:

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hairbr /Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the airbr /Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering lightbr /My head grew heavy and my sight grew dimbr /I had to stop for the nightbr /There she stood in the doorway;br /I heard the mission bellbr /And I was thinking to myself,br /'this could be heaven or this could be hell'br /Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the waybr /There were voices down the corridor,br /I thought I heard them say...br /br /Welcome to the hotel californiabr /Such a lovely placebr /Such a lovely facebr /Plenty of room at the hotel californiabr /Any time of year, you can find it herebr /br /Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bendsbr /She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friendsbr /How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.br /Some dance to remember, some dance to forgetbr /br /So I called up the captain,br /'please bring me my wine'br /He said, 'we haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'br /And still those voices are calling from far away,br /Wake you up in the middle of the nightbr /Just to hear them say...br /br /Welcome to the hotel californiabr /Such a lovely placebr /Such a lovely facebr /They livin' it up at the hotel californiabr /What a nice surprise, bring your alibisbr /br /Mirrors on the ceiling,br /The pink champagne on icebr /And she said 'we are all just prisoners here, of our own device'br /And in the master's chambers,br /They gathered for the feastbr /The stab it with their steely knives,br /But they just can't kill the beastbr /br /Last thing I remember, I wasbr /Running for the doorbr /I had to find the passage backbr /To the place I was beforebr /'relax,' said the night man,br /We are programmed to receive.br /You can checkout any time you like,br /But you can never leave!