[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

            
On a dark dese

            
rt highway, Co

ol wind in my 

hair
             
Warm smell of 

         
colitas, Risin

g up through t

he air
             
Up ahead in th

            
e distance, I 

saw a shimmeri

ng light
            
My head grew h

              
eavy and my si

              
ght grew dim, 


I had to stop 

for the night
            
There she stoo

              
d in the doorw

    
ay, I heard th

e mission bell
             
And I was thin

              
king to myself

  
, "This could 

be Heaven or t

his could be H

ell"
             
Then she lit u

            
p a candle, An

d she showed m

e the way
            
There were voi

              
ces down the c

         
orridor, I tho

ught I heard t

hem say


[Chorus]

             
"Welcome to th

             
e Hotel Califo

rnia
            
Such a lovely 

              
place (Such a 

              
lovely place),

        
 Such a lovely

 face
             
Plenty of room

              
 at the Hotel 

     
California
            
Any time of ye

              
ar (Any time o

              
f year), You c

    
an find it her

e"


[Verse 2]

            
Her mind is Ti

              
ffany-twisted,

 
 She got the M

ercedes Benz
             
She got a lot 

              
of pretty, pre

          
tty boys, She 

calls friends
             
How they dance

              
 in the courty

     
ard, Sweet sum

mer sweat
            
Some dance to 

          
remember, Some

 dance to forg

et
            
So I called up

              
 the Captain, 

 
"Please bring 

me my wine"
             
He said, "We h

              
aven't had tha

              
t spirit here 

      
since - 1969"
             
And still thos

              
e voices are c

            
alling from fa

r away
            
Wake you up in

              
 the middle of

            
 the night, Ju

st to hear the

m say


[Chorus]

             
"Welcome to th

             
e Hotel Califo

rnia
            
Such a lovely 

              
place (Such a 

              
lovely place),

        
 Such a lovely

 face
             
They living it

              
 up at the Hot

        
el California
            
What a nice su

              
rprise (what a

              
 nice surprise

              
), Bring your 


alibis"


[Verse 3]

            
Mirrors on the

          
 ceiling, The 

pink champagne

 on ice
              
And she said: 

             
"We are all ju

              
st prisoners h

    
ere, Of our ow

n device"
             
And in the mas

              
ter's chambers

        
, They gathere

d for the feas

t
            
They stab it w

              
ith their stee

              
ly knives, But

      
 they just can

't kill the be

ast
            
Last thing I r

              
emember, I was

 
 Running for t

he door
             
I had to find 

              
the passage ba

           
ck, To the pla

ce I was befor

e

"Relax," said 

the night man
             
"We are progra

              
mmed to receiv

   
e, You can che

ck out any tim

e you like

But you can ne

ver leave!"


[Outro]

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