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 and 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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There’s 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 us 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,
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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 said,’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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We’re livin’ 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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The 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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And you can checkout any time you like,
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But you can never leave!
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So 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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We’re living it up at the hotel california
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Any time of year (any time of year)
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You can find us here
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Hotel California (Live)
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| Wilson Phillips |
