[00:55.18]On a dark desert highway,
[00:58.35]cool wind in my hair
[01:01.62]Warm smell of colitas,
[01:04.83]rising up through the air
[01:08.14]Up ahead in the distance,
[01:11.23]I saw a shimmering light
[01:14.49]My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
[01:17.68]I had to stop for the night
[01:21.00]There she stood in the doorway;
[01:24.19]I heard the mission bell
[01:27.78]And I was thinking to myself,
[01:29.83]"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
[01:34.11]Then she lit up a candle
[01:37.38]and she showed me the way
[01:40.62]There were voices down the corridor,
[01:43.74]I thought I heard them say...
[01:47.16]"Welcome to the Hotel California
[01:52.80]Such a lovely place, Such a lovely face
[01:59.70]Plenty of rooms at the Hotel California
[02:05.76]Any time of year, you can find it here "
[02:12.94]Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,
[02:16.10]she got the Mercedes benz
[02:19.41]She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
[02:23.00]that she calls friends
[02:26.04]How they dance in the courtyard,
[02:28.88]sweet summer sweat.
[02:32.51]Some dance to remember,
[02:35.72]some dance to forget
[02:38.91]So I called up the Captain,
[02:41.83]"Please bring me my wine" He said,
[02:45.32]'We haven't had that spirit here since 1969'
[02:52.01]And still those voices are calling from far away,
[02:58.48]Wake you up in the middle of the night
[03:01.72]Just to hear them say...
[03:05.00]"Welcome to the Hotel California
[03:10.65]Such a lovely place, Such a lovely face
[03:17.56]They living it up at the Hotel California
[03:23.96]What a nice surprise, bring your alibis"
[03:31.38]Mirrors on the ceiling,
[03:34.38]The pink champagne on ice, And she said
[03:37.78]'We are all just prisoners here,
[03:40.96]of our own device'
[03:44.21]And in the master's chambers,
[03:47.40]They gathered for the feast
[03:50.58]They stab it with their steely knives,
[03:53.19]But they just can't kill the beast
[03:57.14]Last thing I remember,
[03:59.69]I was running for the door
[04:03.48]I had to find the passage back
[04:06.23]to the place I was before
[04:10.32]'Relax,' said the night-man,
[04:12.74]" We are programmed to receive.
[04:16.84]You can checkout any time you like,
[04:20.02]but you can never leave!"
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