Hotel California
Lyrics By: ~Eagles
Additional poetry by: Johnny Tai / JST AKA Smiling Tiger.
Performed By: The CAT in 2002
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It's a long, lonely night,
Ahead of me, the road leads to no destiny...
A long line stretches limply ahead,
And the lengthy time will carry me to nowhere...
In the network of turns, corners,
Rises and falls,
The shadows glare,
And reach out to embrace my soul.
And in their eyes,
I see
A place where there's no dream...
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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;
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 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'
He said, '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...
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
The 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 checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave!
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The stars dance above,
Everything starts to change shape...
Everything is fading now,
Fading so fast that I can't tell where or when...
And then I look up
And I see the faces...
Faces of children, elders,
Men and women,
That I will never forget.
And then these too become apart of this misery.
Just a stretch of time that the shadows bring...
And then the world's view shown between,
Starts to fade...
And then even the dream is gone,
And what's left
Is a cold wind-
Raking savagely at my face...
The chilling embrace of my flesh and bones,
Urging me to go on...
And I know I'm losing my sanity...
I'm losing...losing in madness...and that makes it all alright...
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Note From Johnny St. Tai:
I think these chaotic lines opened our Lost Sanity album well, and somehow they do fit the song.
To tell the truth, I did not even write these down prior to recording- I just sang, and let my mind run free- and let the lines come out as they would.
Please check out our album at:
www.cdbaby.com/thecat2
