[offset:0] [00:58.41]a dark desert highway [01:01.53]Cool wind in my hair [01:04.75]Warm smell of colitas rising [01:07.96]Up through the air Up ahead in the distance [01:13.96]I saw a shimmering light [01:17.35]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim [01:20.73]I had to stop for the night [01:23.86]There she stood in the doorway [01:26.95]I heard the mission bell [01:30.11]And I was thinking to myself [01:32.70]This could be heaven or this could be hell [01:36.76]Then she lit up a candle [01:39.89]And she showed me the way [01:43.16]There were voices down in corridor [01:44.84]I thought I heard them say [01:49.66]Welcome to the Hotel California [01:55.20]Such a lovely place (such a lovely face) [01:58.71] [02:01.74]There's plenty of rooms at the [02:04.79]Hotel California [02:07.69]Any time of year you can find it here [02:14.81]Her mind is Tiffany-twisted [02:17.88]She got the Mercedes-Benz [02:21.20]She got a lot of pretty, [02:23.10]Pretty boys that she calls friends [02:27.65]How they dance in the courtyard [02:30.44]Sweet summer sweat [02:34.04]Some dance to remember [02:37.26]Some dance to forget [02:40.52]So I called up the captain [02:43.42]Please bring me my wine [02:46.11]He said we haven't had that spirit [02:48.55]Here since nineteen sixty nine [02:53.24]And still those voices are [02:55.72]Calling from far away [02:59.72]Wake you up in the middle of the night [03:02.83]Just to hear them say [03:06.12]Welcome to the Hotel [03:07.99]Calofornia Such a lovely place [03:14.85](such a loveely face) [03:18.40]They livin'it up at the Hotel California [03:24.43]What a nice surprise bring your alibis [03:31.70]Mirrors on the ceilling [03:34.56]The pink champagne on ice [03:37.35]And she said we are all just prisoners [03:40.92]Here of our own device [03:44.46]And in the master's chambers [03:47.40]They gathered for the feast [03:50.81]They stab it with their steely knives [03:53.52]But they just can't kill the beast [03:57.01]Last thing I remember, [03:59.89]I was running for the door [04:03.26]I had to find the passage back [04:05.99]To the place I was before [04:10.07]Relax said programmed to receive [04:16.47]You can check out any time you like [04:19.60]But you can never leave