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  • 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

  • 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 place

  • Such a lovely face

  • There's plenty of room at the Hotel California

  • -♪ Any time of year ♪ -♪ Any time of year

  • You can find it here

  • Her mind is Tiffany-twisted

  • She got the Mercedes Benz

  • 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 1969." ♪

  • 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 place

  • Such a lovely face

  • They're livin' it up at the Hotel California

  • -♪ What a nice surprise ♪ -♪ What a nice surprise

  • Bring your alibis

  • Mirrors on the ceiling

  • Pink champagne on ice

  • And she said, "We are all just prisoners here of our own device." ♪

  • And in the master's chambers

  • Gathered for the feast

  • They 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 check out any time you like. ♪

  • ♪ "But you can never leave.” ♪

  • ♪♪

  • [APPLAUSE]

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