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Hotel California Lyrics

Artist: The Eagles
Album: Hotel California

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 dimmer
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I 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)
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, She got the Mercedes Benz
She's 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 face)
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers, they 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 nightman, We are programed to receive.
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave

Comments/Interpretations

by Joseph Pixley on 11/5/2008 10:01pm
What are "Colitas?"
by eagles fan on 12/27/2008 6:12am
Great question! Colitas is a mary jane plant that grows in california with a piney scent and great KICK!
by Christopher Mancero on 12/31/2008 10:33am
i like this song a lot. very well done. i like the lyriccs, and the beat and rythym of song; also, i like the guitar solo at the end
by the nightman on 1/10/2009 9:13pm
where is the hotel california
by Vicki Nixon on 1/19/2009 8:41pm
I love the Eagles, but I never knew how colitas was spelled or what it was. It is a desert flower. Thank you after all these years I now know.
by doc james on 2/6/2010 6:23am
Hotel California was, in reality, a mental hospital in Camarillo California. Back when it was written that's where you had to go to recover off of drugs. So a bandmember wrote about his experiences, while he was in there. Awesome song too. Being from California it reminds me of it eery time, since I grew up there.
by Someone on 4/11/2010 10:33am
I think this song critisize the American Dream...
Hotel California means AMERICA.
by Kevin UK on 6/3/2010 10:04am
This has to be my favourite song of all time as it has great lyrics and instrumentals from start to finish.
by Nick M on 10/7/2010 12:45pm
this songs rocks
by youngster on 12/16/2010 8:19pm
colitas r fried pig tails.... lots of mexicans cook them in texas
by eve on 5/12/2011 3:56am
i definitly love this song,the intro is the best part!
by Jon on 9/29/2011 12:14pm
Simply the best song ever.
by tony on 10/7/2011 10:46pm
If you go to Cambodia...It sums up everything to do with the place.
by ARVIND on 11/23/2011 7:18am
ITS AWESOME
by pagal on 1/20/2012 8:34pm
hey its my and my teacher's favourite song!
by Ex California State Convict on 3/26/2012 3:02am
Many older convicts say that this song is about a prison in Norco California. Its called C.R.C. At one point, it most definitely was a hotel. I never stayed there but passed through. And it looks like a 1940's hotel along with many newer buildings and an electrical fence around it.
by merriam on 5/9/2012 5:20pm
I love this song because it sounds great and is so full of feeling.
by pony 33 on 8/15/2012 10:08pm
One of the best sonvgs on the planet!!!
by tony on 6/24/2013 7:32pm
si bosotros os as fijado la cancion se refiere a la primera vez que el chico a consumido la heroina paso uno prender la vela el mensiona que no savia si era el cielo o el infierno y ella le conducia el camino despues ella dise que estan pricioneros por su propia boluntad despues ella dise que se reunen con el maestro para la gran sena porsupesto para cosumir la heroina o el cristal mensiona que pican a la bestia con las cosas puntiagudas pero no la logran matar es porque todos los dias la consumen y nunca se dan abasto y por ultimo dise todo el tiempo puedes benir pero no puedes salir porque las drogas son sumamente adictibas
by Hoosierdaddy on 8/12/2013 6:05am
Poetry people...p-o-e-t-r-y. The 'Hotel California' of the song title is a poetic reference to the whole California/Hollywood lifestyle and how it sucks you in and traps you, then destroys you. It has nothing to do with prisons or mental hospitals or Anton Levay.








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