HOTEL CALIFORNIA (Bm) 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 dimmer I had to stop for the night. There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself his could be heaven or this could be !ell" hen she lit up a candle and she showed me the way here were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say... Wel ome to the Hotel Cali!ornia "# h a lo$ely %la e (s# h a lo$ely %la e) "# h a lo$ely !a e& 'lenty o! room at the Hotel Cali!ornia Any time o! year (any time o! year) yo# an !ind it here !er mind is iffany#twisted, she got the Mercedes bends $he got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends !ow they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat $ome dance to remember, some dance to forget "o I alled #% the Ca%tain( "%lease bring me my wine" !e said, "we haven"t had that spirit here since nineteen si&ty#nine" And still those voices are calling from far away, Wake you up in the middle of the night 'ust to hear them say... Wel ome to the Hotel Cali!ornia "# h a lo$ely %la e (s# h a lo$ely %la e) "# h a lo$ely !a e& They li$in) it #% at the Hotel Cali!ornia What a ni e s#r%rise (what a ni e s#r%rise)( *rin+ yo#r ali*is Mirrors on the ciling, he pink champagne on ice And she said, "we are all (ust prisoners here, of our own device" And in the master"s chambers, hey gathered for the feast hey stab it with their steely knives, )ut they (ust can"t kill the beast *ast thing I remember, I was +unning for the door I had to find the passage back to the place I was before "+ela&" said the night man, "We are programmed to receive. ,ou can check out any time you like, )ut you can never leave-