rising up through the air
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
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,
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place, such a lovely place
Her mind is Tiffany twisted
She's got the Mercedes Benz
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
How they dance in the courtyard,
So I called out the captain,
He said, we haven't had that spirit here
And still those voices are calling
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Welcome to the Hotel California
They're livin' it up at the
What a nice surprise, ring your red advice
the pink champagne on ice
And she said, we are all just prisoners
And in the master's chambers,
they gathered for their feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
but they just can't kill the beast
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage
back to the place I was before
Relax, said the nightman,
we are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like,
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
Ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah
-ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah -ah
Welcome to the heart of California