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On a dark desert highway
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Cool wind in my hair
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Warm smell of colitas
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Rising up through the air
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Up ahead in the distance
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I saw a shimmering light
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My head grew heavy
and my sight grew dim
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I had to stop for the night
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There she stood in the doorway
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I heard the mission bell
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And I was thinking to myself
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"This could be Heaven
or this could be Hell"
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Then she lit up a candle
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And she showed me the way
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There were voices down the corridor
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I thought I heard them say...
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Welcome to the Hotel California
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Such a lovely place
(Such a lovely place)
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Such a lovely face
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Plenty of room
at the Hotel California
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Any time of year
(Any time of year)
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You can find it here
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Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
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She got the Mercedes benz
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She got a lot of pretty,
pretty boys that she calls friends
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How they dance in the courtyard
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Sweet summer sweat
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Some dance to remember
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Some dance to forget
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So I called up the Captain
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"Please bring me my wine"
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He says
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"We haven't had that spirit here
since nineteen sixty nine"
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And still those voices are calling
from far away
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Wake you up in the middle of the night
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Just to hear them say...
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Welcome to the Hotel California
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Such a lovely place
(Such a lovely place)
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Such a lovely face
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They're living it up
at the Hotel California
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What a nice surprise
(What a nice surprise)
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Bring your alibis
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Mirrors on the ceiling
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The pink champagne on ice
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And she said
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"We are all just prisoners here,
of our own device"
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And in the master's chambers
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They gathered for the feast
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They stab it with their steely knives
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But they just can't kill the beast
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Last thing I remember
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I was running for the door
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I had to find the passage back
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To the place I was before
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"Relax, "
said the night man
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"We are programmed to receive"
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"You can check-out any time you like"
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"But you can never leave!"