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[Intro] (х2)
            
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[Verse 1]
            
   On a dark d

              
esert highway,

 
    cool wind 

in my hair
             
  Warm smell o

          
f colitas   ri

sing up throug

h the air
             
  Up ahead in 

              
the distance, 


  I saw a shim

mering light

   My head gre

w heavy and my

 sight grew di

m,

  I had to sto

p for the nigh

t
 
[Verse 2]
            
   There she s

              
tood in the do

       
orway,    I he

ard the missio

n bell

  And I was th

inking to myse

lf
              
This could be 


heaven or this

 could be hell
             
  Then she lit

              
 up a candle, 


  and she show

ed me the way

   There were 

voices down th

e corridor,

   I thought I

 heard them sa

y...
 
[Chorus]
             
 Welcome to th

            
e Hotel Califo

rnia
            
Such a lovely 

              
place (such a 

              
lovely place),

        
 such a lovely

 face
             
There's plenty

              
 of room at th

            
e Hotel Califo

rnia
            
Any time of ye

              
ar, (any time 

              
of year) You c

   
an find it her

e...
 
[Verse 3]
            
   Her mind is

              
 Tiffany twist

    
ed,    She got

 the Mercedes 

bends
             
  She got a lo

              
t of pretty pr

          
etty boys   th

at she calls f

riends
             
  How they dan

              
ced in the cou

        
rtyard, sweet 

summer sweat
            
   Some dance 

             
to remember,  


  some dance t

o forget
 
[Verse 4]
            
   So I called

              
 up the captai

    
n; "Please bri

ng me my wine"

 (he said)
             
  "We haven't 

              
had that spiri

             
t here since  

 1969"
             
  And still th

              
ose voices are

              
 calling from 


far away

   Wake you up

 in the middle

 of the night

   Just to hea

r them say...
 
[Chorus]
             
 Welcome to th

            
e Hotel Califo

rnia
            
Such a lovely 

              
place (such a 

              
lovely place),

        
 such a lovely

 face
             
They're livin'

              
 it up at the 

          
Hotel Californ

ia
            
What a nice su

              
rprise (what a

              
 nice surprise

              
), bring your 


alibis
 
[Verse 5]
           
   Mirrors on 

             
the ceiling,  


  the pink cha

mpagne on ice 

(and she said)
            
  We are all j

              
ust prisoners 

      
here,   of our

 own device
            
  And in the m

              
aster's chambe

    
rs,   they gat

hered for the 

feast

   They stab i

t with their s

teely knives, 

but they

Just can't kil

l the beast
 
[Verse 6]
            
   Last thing 

              
I remember, I 

    
was    running

 for the door
             
  I had to fin

              
d the passage 

            
back to the pl

ace I was befo

re
             
  "Relax" said

              
 the night man

          
, "we are   pr

ogrammed to re

ceive,

   You can che

ck out any tim

e you like

   But you can

 never leave"
 
[Outro]
         x5