Eagles ☆ Hotel Caliornia

On a dark desert highway,
Cool wind in my hair,
Warm smell of "colitas"
Rising up through the air,
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light,
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,
I had to stop for the night.

There she stood in the doorway,
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinkin’ to myself :
"This could be heaven and this could be hell"
Then she lit up a candle,
And she showed me the way,
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California,
Such a lovely place, (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California,
Any time of year, (Any time of year) You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,
She got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard,
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember,
Some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain
"Please bring me my wine"
He said, "We haven’t had that spirit here
Since nineteen sixty-nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say:

Welcome to the Hotel California,
Such a lovely place, (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face
They’re livin’ it up at the Hotel California,
What a nice surprise, (What a nice surprise) Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
and pink champagne on ice, and she said:
"We are all just prisoners here,
Of our own device"
And in the master’s chambers
They gathered for the feast,
They stabbed it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was running for the door,
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before,
"Relax," said the night man, "We are programmed to receive,
You can check out anytime you like… but you can never leave"

Thanks to Eva Wilson for submitting Hotel California Lyrics.

Genre: Country rock, hard rock
at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Label: Asylum
Released: December 8, 1976
Producer: Bill Szymczyk
Recorded: March – October 1976
Length: 43:28

"Hotel California" is the fifth studio album released by the American rock band the Eagles, in late 1976. The same name song,"Hotel California", ranked 1 for 8 weeks in 1977 and characterized by Don Felder and Joe Walsh played the dual guitar effect.It is the first Eagles album without founding member Bernie Leadon and the first album with Joe Walsh. It is also the last album featuring original bass player and singer Randy Meisner. The album became the band’s highest selling studio album with over 16 million copies sold in the U.S. alone.The song ranks eleventh in the greatest 100 English songs in "Rolling Stone" magazine and won two Grammy awards for the band.