[00:01.35]Written by:Don Henley [00:02.65]Glenn Frey [00:03.95]Don Felder [00:05.25]Joe Walsh [00:28.86] [00:28.87]On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair [00:35.63]Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air [00:42.34]Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light [00:49.05]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim [00:52.50]I had to stop for the night [00:55.96] [00:55.97]There she stood in the doorway [00:59.08]I heard the mission bell [01:03.09]And I was thinking to myself [01:04.94]"This could be heaven or this could be hell" ” [01:09.47]Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way [01:16.27]There were voice down in corridor, I thought I heard them say [01:22.80] [01:22.81]Welcome to the Hotel California [01:28.66]Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) [01:35.96]Plenty of room at the Hotel California [01:42.39]Any time of year, you can find it here [01:49.75] [01:49.76]Her mind is Tiffany-twisted [01:53.23]She got the Mercedes bends [01:56.50]She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys [02:00.46]She calls friends [02:03.48]How they dance in the courtyard [02:06.36]Sweet summer swea [02:10.10]Some dance to remember [02:13.64]Some dance to forget [02:16.87] [02:16.88]So I called up the captain [02:20.30]"Please bring me my wine." ” [02:23.66]He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine." [02:30.74]And still those voices are calling from far away [02:37.59]Wake up in the middle of the night [02:40.91]Just to hear them say [02:44.24] [02:44.25]Welcome to the Hotel California [02:50.01]Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) [02:57.09]They livin' it up at the Hotel California [03:03.55]What a nice surprise, bring your alibis [03:11.22] [03:11.23]Mirrors on the ceilling [03:14.30]The pink champagne on ice [03:16.67]And she said "We are all just prisoners here [03:21.51]Of our own device" [03:24.95]And in the master's chambers [03:28.39]They gathers for the feast [03:31.86]They stab it with their steely knives [03:34.36]But they just can't kill the beast [03:38.49] [03:38.70]Last thing I remember, I was running for the door [03:45.97]I had to find the passage back to the place I was before [03:52.20]"Relax," said the night man “ [03:54.73]"We are programmed to receive “ [03:58.80]You can check out any time you like [04:02.12]But you can never leave!" [04:06.16]