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On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
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Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
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Up ahead in the distance, 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 and she showed me the way
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There were voices down the corridor
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And 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, she got the Mercedes bends
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She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
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How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
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Some dance to remember, 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 1969"
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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 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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Pink champagne on ice
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And she said, "We are all just prisoners here,
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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, I was
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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
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actually a marijuana reference. Just learned that. I always thought it was Coitus mispronounced.
Ha!
Ha!
I always thought he said "Her mind is definitely twisted".
Many a room
Of our own demise
Don't come to the HC