The Eagles - Hotel California (with Lyrics in the Description)

Lyrics:
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 thinking to myself,
'this could be heaven or 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 face
Plenty of room at the hotel california
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, that 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 face
They livin' it up at the hotel california
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The 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
The stab 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 checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!

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[mainemember]

Best of the lyrics:

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 checkout any time you like,

But you can never leave!

[I54D0R4]

The irony of this comment made me smile.

[SMALLxTOWN OC]

Does anybody even actually know what this song is about? SUR THANG HOMEY~

[kr4449]

/watch?v=bpA2GOIKzjI

[raehoward9]

jesus I still love this.

[GuitarLicksAndTabs]

Just love the sound of the 12-string intro, and everything that follows.

[anjoLas]

you must be asian, you´re so good with math

[66kbm]

Hey guys....who gives a fuck...listen to the song

[Xclockbox]

I did not say it was about cancer. Dude drink bleach, fall in a ditch and STAY THERE!

[Πειραχτηρίξ Λουφαδερίξ]

The song is an allegory about hedonism, self-destruction, and greed in the music industry of the late 1970s.It's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America.

Wikipedia

[johnyjohnson]

one of the greatest guitar solos of all time