[01:05.200]On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
[01:11.810]Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
[01:18.300]Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
[01:24.270]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dimmer
[01:27.210]I had to stop for the night
[01:31.280]There she stood in the doorway
[01:34.250]I heard the mission bell
[01:37.570]And I was thinking to myself: "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
[01:44.000]Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
[01:50.470]There were voices down the corridor,
[01:53.470]I thought I heard them say...
[01:57.210]Welcome to the Hotel California
[02:02.900]Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
[02:09.710]Plenty of room at the Hotel California
[02:15.870]Any time of year, you can find it here
[02:22.630]Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
[02:28.940]She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
[02:35.690]How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
[02:42.240]Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
[02:48.750]So I called up the Captain,
[02:51.700]"Please bring me my wine"
[02:54.590]He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
[03:01.450]And still those voices are calling from far away,
[03:08.220]Wake you up in the middle of the night
[03:11.400]Just to hear them say...
[03:14.720]Welcome to the Hotel California
[03:20.440]Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
[03:27.060]They living it up at the Hotel California
[03:33.400]What a nice surprise, bring your alibis
[03:40.520]Mirrors on the ceiling,
[03:43.840]The pink champagne on ice
[03:46.060]And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
[03:53.060]And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast
[03:59.760]They stab it with their steely knives,
[04:02.450]But they just can't kill the beast
[04:05.800]Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
[04:12.660]I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
[04:19.140]"Relax, " said the night man
[04:21.830]"We are programmed to receive.
[04:25.880]You can check out any time you like,
[04:29.010]But you can never leave. "