Hotel California

The Eagles

From 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 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!

New Kid In Town

The Eagles

From Hotel California

There's talk on the street; it sounds so familiar
Great expectations, everybody's watching you
People you meet, they all seem to know you
Even your old friends treat you like you're something new

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town
Everybody loves you, so don't let them down

You look in her eyes; the music begins to play
Hopeless romantics, here we go again
But after awhile, you're lookin' the other way
It's those restless hearts that never mend

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town
Will she still love you when you're not around?

There's so many things you should have told her,
But night after night you're willing to hold her,
Just hold her, tears on your shoulder

There's talk on the street, it's there to
Remind you, that it doesn't really matter which side you're on.
You're walking away and they're talking behind you
They will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along

Where you been lately? There's a new kid in town
Everybody loves him, don't they?
Now he's holding her, and you're still around
Oh, my, my

There's a new kid in town
Ooh, hoo
Everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town
Ooh, hoo
Everybody's walking' like the new kid in town

There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town

Life In The Fast Lane

The Eagles

From Hotel California

He was a hard-headed man
He was brutally handsome, and she was terminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransom in the heart
of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude
They had one thing in common, they were good in bed
She'd say, 'Faster, faster. The lights are turnin' red."

Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind, mm

Are you with me so far?

Eager for action and hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race

Out every evening, until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it

Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, uh huh

Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worse

She said, "Listen, baby. You can hear the engine ring.

We've been up and down this highway; haven't seen a goddam thing."
He said, "Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash."
They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost
They didn't know they were just dyin' to get off
And it was life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane

All She Wants To Do Is Dance

Don Henley

From Building the Perfect Beast

They’re pickin’ up the prisoners and puttin’ ‘em in a pen

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

Rebels been rebels since I don’t know when

And all she wants to do is dance

Molotov coctail—the local drink

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

They mix ‘em up right in the kitchen sink

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

Crazy people walkin’ round with blood in their eyes

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

Wild-eyed pistol wavers who ain’t afraid to die

And all she wants to do is—

And all she wants to do is dance and make romance

She can’t feel the heat comin’ off the street

She wants to party

She wants to get down

All she wants to do is—

All she wants to do is dance

Well, the government bugged the men’s room in the local disco
lounge

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

To keep the boys from sellin’ all the weapons they could scrounge

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

But that don’t keep the boys from makin’ a buck or two

And all she wants to do is dance, dance

They still can sell the ary all the drugs that they can do

And all she wants to do is—

All she wants to do is dance and make romance

Well, we barely made the airport for the last plane out

As we taxied down the runway I could hear the people shout

They said, “Don’t come back here Yankee!”

But if I ever do—I’ll bring more money

‘Cause all she wants to do is dance and make romance

Never mind the heat comin’ off the street

She wants to party

She wants to get down

And all she wants to do is—

All she wants to do is dance

All she wants to do is dance and make romance

All she wants to do is dance

Down At The Sunset Grill

Don Henley

From Building the Perfect Beast

Let’s go down to the Sunset Grill

We can watch the working girls go by

Watch the basket people walk around and mumble

And stare out at the auburn sky

There’s an old man there from the Old World

To him, it’s all the same

Calls all his customers by name

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill

You see a lot more meanness in the city

It’s the kind that eats you up inside

Hard to come away with anything that feels like dignity

Hard to get home with any pride

These days a man makes you somethin’

And you never see his face

But there is no hiding place

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill

Respectable little murders pay

They get more respectable every day

Don’t worry girl, I’m gonna stick by you

And someday soon we’re gonna get in that car and get outa here

Let’s go down to the Sunset Grill

Watch the working girls go by

Watch the “basket people walk” around and mumble

And gaze out at the auburn sky

Maybe we’ll leave come springtime

Meanwhile, have another bear

What would we do without all these jerks anyway?

Besides, all our friends are here

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill

Down at the Sunset Grill