[00:00.05]On a dark desert highway
[00:04.64]Cool wind in my hair
[00:08.15]The warm smell of colitas
[00:11.82]Rising up through the air
[00:15.51]Up ahead in the distance
[00:18.61]I saw a shimmering light
[00:22.37]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
[00:25.84]I had to stop for the night
[00:29.79]There she stood in the doorway
[00:32.95]I heard the mission bell
[00:36.55]And i was thinking to myself
[00:39.07]This could be heaven or this could be hell
[00:43.85]Then she lit up a candle
[00:47.10]And she showed me the way
[00:50.77]There were voices down the corridor
[00:54.06]I thought i heard them say
[00:57.81]Welcome to the hotel california
[01:03.97]Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
[01:11.68]There's plenty of room at the hotel california
[01:18.11]Any time of year, you can find it here
[01:25.98]Her mind is definitely twisted
[01:32.98]She's got her mercedes benz
[01:36.57]She's got a lotta pretty, pretty boys
[01:40.12]That she calls friends
[01:43.74]How they dance in the courtyard
[01:47.12]Sweet summer sweat
[01:50.64]Some dance to remember
[01:54.16]Some dance to forget
[01:57.70]So i called up the captain
[02:00.85]Please bring me my wine
[02:04.09]He said we haven't had that spirit here since 1969
[02:11.92]And still those voices they're calling from far away
[02:18.79]Wake you up in the middle of the night
[02:22.34]Just to hear them say
[02:26.07]Welcome to the hotel california
[02:32.23]Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
[02:39.87]They're livin' it up at the hotel california
[02:46.41]What a nice surprise, bring your alibis
[02:54.72]Mirrors on the ceilling, the pink champaign on ice
[03:01.14]And she said we are all just prisoners here of our own device
[03:08.17]In the masters chambers they're gathered for the feast
[03:14.69]They stab it with their steely knifes but they just can't kill the beast
[03:22.64]Last thing i remember, i was runnin' for the door
[03:29.47]I had to find the passage back to the place i was before
[03:36.55]good night said the night man we are programmed to receive
[03:43.54]You can check out anyytime you like, but you can never leave
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