Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're hard one, I know that you got your reasons,
these things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow.
RIT.: Don't you drow the
queen of diamonds boy
she'll beat you if she's able
you know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me some fine things
have been laid upon your table
but you only want the ones that you can't get.
Desperado, oh, you ain't
gettin' no younger,
your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, well that's just some peolpe talkin',
your prison is walkin' through this world all alone.
RIT.: Don't you feet get
cold in the winter time?
the sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
it's hard to tell the nightime from the day.
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
ain't it's funny how the feelin' goes away?
Desperado, why don't you
come to your senses?
come down from your fences, open the gate.
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
you better let somebody love you, let somebody love you
you better let somebody love you, before it's too late.
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;
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
RIT.: Welcome to the Hotel California.
Such a lovely place, such a lovely face
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 bends
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."
"We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night, just to hear them say
RIT.: 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 iceAnd 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 programmed to receive"
"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"