"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" "Her mind is Tiffany-twisted" "She got the Mercedes-Benz" "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" "It's another tequila sunrise" "Starin' slowly 'cross the sky" "Said goobye" "He wasjust a hired hand" "Workin' on the dreams he planned to try" "The days go by" "Ev'ry night when the sun goes down" "Just another lonely boy in town" "And she's out runnin' 'round" "She wasn'tjust another woman" "And I couldn't keep from comin' on" "It's been so long" "Oh, and it's a hollow feelin'" "When it comes down to dealing' friends" "It never ends" "Take another shot of courage" "Wonder why the right words never come" "You just get numb" "It's another tequila sunrise" "This old world still looks the same" "Another frame" "Somewhere along the way" "I found the meaning" "Woke up dreaming along the way" "Never quite seems the same When you awaken" "And making up for the time is such a price to pay" "They take your dream away and just ain't fair, mama" "So help me thru the night, mama" "Help me ease the pain" "And tell me it's alright" "Help me thru the night once again" "And that's the danger in pretending" "Trying to defend yourself from someone else's war" "Don't know what they're fighting for" "And they just don't care" "So help me to see the light, mama" "Open my eyes again" "And tell me it's alright" "Help me thru the night once again" "Mama, could you help me" "I got the call today" "I didn't wanna hear" "But I knew that it would come" "An old, true friend of ours was talkin' on the phone" "She said you'd found someone" "And I thought of all the bad luck" "And the struggles we went through" "And how I lost me and you lost you" "What are these voices outside love's open door" "Make us throw off our contentment" "And beg for something more?" "I'm learning to live without you now" "But I miss you sometimes" "And the more I know" "The less I understand" "All the things I thought I knew" "I'm learning again" "I've been tryin' to get down" "To the heart of the matter" "But my will gets weak" "And my thoughts seem to scatter" "But I think it's about" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Even if, even if" "You don't love me anymore" "These times are so uncertain" "There's a yearning undefined" "And people filled with rage" "We all need a little tenderness" "How can love survive" "In such a graceless age?" "The trust and self-assurance" "That lead to happiness" "They're the very things" "We kill, I guess" "Pride and competition" "Cannot fill these empty arms" "And the work I put between us" "You know, it doesn't keep me warm" "I'm learning to live without you now" "But I miss you, baby" "And the more I know," "The less I understand" "All the things I thought I'd figured out" "I have to learn again" "I've been trying to get down" "To the heart of the matter" "But everything changes" "And my friends seem to scatter" "But I think it's about" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Even if, even if" "You don't love me anymore" "There are people in your life" "Who've come and gone" "They let you down" "You know they hurt your pride" "You better put it all behind you, baby" "'Cos life goes on" "You keep carrying' that anger" "It'll eat you up inside, baby" "I've been trying to get down" "To the heart of the matter" "But my will gets weak" "And my thoughts seem to scatte" "But I think it's about" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Even if, even if" "You don't love me" "I've been tryin' to get down" "To the heart of the matter" "Because the flesh Will get weak" "And the ashes will scatter so I'm thinkin' about" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Even if, even if" "You don't love me" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Forgiveness" "Even if you don't love me anymore" "I was standing" "All alone against the world outside" "You were searching" "For a place to hide" "Lost and lonely" "Now you've given me the will to survive" "When we're hungry" "Love will keep us alive" "Don't you worry" "Sometimes you've just gotta let it ride" "The world is changing" "Right before your eyes" "Now I've found you" "There's no more emptiness inside" "When we're hungry" "Love will keep us alive" "I would die for you" "Climb the highest mountain" "Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do" "Now I've found you" "There's no more emptiness inside" "When we're hungry" "Love will keep us alive" "I would die for you" "Climb the highest mountain" "Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do" "I was standing" "All alone against the world outside" "You were searching" "For a place to hide" "Lost and lonely" "Now you've given me the will to survive" "When we're hungry" "Love will keep us alive" "When we're hungry" "Love will keep us alive" "When we're hungry" "Love will keep us alive" "It'sjust another day in paradise" "As you stumble to your bed" "You'd give anything to silence" "Those voices ringing in your head" "You thought you could find happiness" "Just over that green hill" "You thought you would be satisfied" "But you never will" "Learn to be still" "We are like sheep without a shepherd" "We don't know how to be alone" "So we wander 'round this desert" "And wind up following the wrong gods home" "But the flock cries out for another" "And they keep answering that bell" "And one more starry-eyed messiah" "Meets a violent farewell" "Learn to be still" "Learn to be still" "Now the flowers in your garden" "They don't smell so sweet" "Maybe you've forgotten" "The heaven lying at your feet" "So many contridictions" "In all these messages we send" "We keep asking" "How do I get out of here" "Where do I fit in?" "Though the world is torn and shaken" "Even if your heart is breakin'" "It's waiting for you to awaken" "And someday you will" "Learn to be still" "Learn to be still" "You just keep on runnin'" "Keep on runnin'" "Hi there how are 'ya?" "It's been a long time" "Seems like we come a long way" "My, but we learn so slow" "And heroes, they come and they go" "And leave us behind as if we're s'pposed to know" "Why?" "Why do we give up our hearts to the past?" "And why must we grow up so fast?" "And all you wishing well fools" "With your fortunes" "Someone should send you a rose" "With love from a friend" "It's nice to hear from you again" "And the storybook comes to a close" "Gone are the ribbons and bows" "Things to remember places to go" "Pretty Maids all in a Row" "Oh, oh oh, oh" "All in a row" "Oh, oh, oh, oh" "It wasn't really sad" "The way they said good-bye" "Or maybe itjust hurt so bad" "She couldn't cry" "He packed his things walked out the door" "And drove away" "And she became" "The girl from yesterday" "He took a plane across the sea" "To some foreign land" "She stayed at home and tried so hard to understand" "How someone who had been so close" "Could be so far away" "And she became" "The girl from yesterday" "She doesn't know what's right" "She doesn't know what's wrong" "She only knows the pain that comes" "From waiting for so long" "And she doesn't count the teardrops" "That she's cried while he's away" "Because she knows deep in her heart" "That he'll be back someday" "The light's on in the window" "She's waiting by the phone" "Talking to a memory that's never coming home" "She dreams of his returning" "And the things that he might say" "But she'll always be" "The girl from yesterday" "Yeh, she'll always be" "The girl from yesterday" "Well baby, there you stand" "With your little head down in your hand" "Oh, my God, you can't believe it's happening again" "Your baby's gone and you're all alone" "And it looks like the end" "And you're back out on the street" "And you're tryin' to remember" "How will you start it over?" "You don't know what became" "You don't care much for a stranger's touch" "But you can't hold your man" "You never thought you'd be alone" "This far down the line" "And I know what's been on your mind" "You're afraid it's all been wasted time" "The autumn leaves have got you thinking" "About the first time that you fell" "You didn't love the boy too much" "No, no" "You just loved the boy too well" "Farewell" "So you live from day to day" "And you dream about tomorrow" "And the hours go by like minutes" "And the shadows come to stay" "So you take a little something to" "Make them go away" "And I could have done so many things, baby" "If I could only stop my mind" "From wondrin' what I left behind" "And from worrying 'bout this wasted time" "Ooh, another love has come and gone" "Ooh, and the years keep rushing on" "I remeber what you told me" "Before you went out on your own" ""Sometimes to keep it together" "We got to leave it alone"" "So you can get on with your search, baby" "And I can get on with mine" "And maybe someday we will find" "That it wasn't really wasted time" "Look at us baby" "Up all night" "Tearing our love apart" "Aren't we the same two people who live" "Through years in the dark?" "Every time I try to walk away" "Something makes me turn around and stay" "And I can't tell you why" "When we get crazy" "It just ain't to right" "Girl, I get lonely, too" "You don't have to worry" "Just hold on tight" "Don't get caught in your little" "'Cause I love you" "Nothing's wrong as far as I can see" "We make it harder than it has to be" "And I can't tell you why" "No, baby" "I can't tell you why" "I can't tell you why" "Every time I try to walk away" "Something makes me turn around and stay" "And I can't tell you why" "No, no, baby" "I can't tell you why" "I can't tell you why" "I can't tell you why" "Harry got up" "Dressed all in black" "Went down to the station" "And he never came back" "They found his clothing" "Scattered somewhere down the track" "And he won't be" "Down on Wall Street in the morning" "He had a home" "The love of a girl" "But men get lost sometimes" "As years unfold" "One day he crossed some line" "And he was too much in this world" "But I guess it doesn't matter anymore" "In a New York Minute" "Everything can change" "In a New York Minute" "Things can get pretty strange" "In a New York Minute" "Everything can change" "In a New York Minute" "Lying here in the darkness" "I hear the sirens wail" "Somebody going to emergency" "Somebody's going to jail" "If you find somebody to love in this world" "You better hand on tooth and nail" "The wolf is always at the door" "In a New York Minute" "Everything can change" "In a New York Minute" "Things can get a little strange" "In a New York Minute" "Everything can change" "In a New York Minute" "And in these days" "When darkness falls early" "And people rush home" "To the ones they love" "You better take a fool's advice" "And take care of your own" "One day they're here" "Next day they're gone" "I pulled my coat around my shoulders" "And took a walk down through the park" "The leaves were falling around me" "The groaning city in the gathering dark" "On some solitary rock" "A desperate lover left his mark" ""Baby, I've changed" "Please come back"" "What the head makes cloudy" "The heart makes very clear" "The days were so much brighter" "In the time when she was here" "But I know there's somebody somewhere" "Make these dark clouds disappear" "Until that day" "I have to believe" "I believe, I believe" "In a New York Minute" "Everything can change" "In a New York Minute" "Things can get pretty strange" "In a New York Minute" "Everything can change" "In a New York Minute" "In a New York Minute" "Everything can change" "In a New York Minute" "Things can get pretty strange" "In a New York Minute" "Everything can change" "In a New York Minute" "She came from Providence" "The one in Rhode Island" "Where the old world shadows hand" "Heavy in the air" "She packed her hopes and dreams" "Like a refugee" "Just as her father came across the sea" "She heard about a place" "People were simlin'" "They spoke about the red man's way" "And how they loved the land" "And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide" "Seeking a place to stand" "Or a place to hide" "Down in the crowded bars" "Out for a good time" "Can't wait to tell you all" "What it's like up there" "And they called it paradise" "I don't know why" "Somebody laid the mountains low" "While the town got high" "Then the chilly winds blew down" "Across the desert" "Through the canyons of the coast" "To the Malibu" "Where the pretty people play" "Hungry for power" "To light their neon way" "And give them things to do" "Some rich men came and raped the land" "Nobody caught 'em" "Put up a bunch of ugly boxes" "And Jesus, people bought him" "And they called it paradise" "The place to be" "They watched the hazy sun" "Sinking in the sea" "We can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina" "Just like the missionaries did" "So many years ago" "They even brought a neon sign That said" ""Jesus is coming"" "Brought the white man's burden down" "Brought the white man's reign" "Who will provide the grand design?" "What is yours and what is mine?" "'Cause there is no more new frontier" "We have got to make it here" "We satisfy our endless needs" "And justify our bloody deeds" "In the name of destiny" "And in the name of God" "And you can see them there" "On Sunday morning" "Stand up And sing about" "What it's like above" "They call it paradise" "I don't know why" "You call someplace paradise" "Kiss it goodbye" "Well, I'm running down the road" "Tryin' to loosen my load" "I've got seven women on my mind" "Four that wanna own me" "Two that wanna stone me" "One says she's a friend of mine" "Take it easy, take it easy" "Don't let the sound of your own wheels" "Drive you crazy" "Lighten up while you still can" "Don't even try to understand" "Just find a place to make your stand" "Take it easy" "Well, I'm a standing on a corner" "In Winslow, Arizona" "And such a fine sight to see" "It's a girl, my Lord" "In a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me" "Come on, baby don't say maybe" "I gotta know if your sweet love" "Is gonna save me" "We may lose and we may win" "Though we will never be here again" "So open up, I'm climbin' in" "Take it easy" "Well I'm running down the road" "Trying to loosen my load" "Got a world of trouble on my mind" "Lookin' for a lover" "Who won't blow my cover she's so hard to find" "Take it easy, take it easy" "Don't let the sound of your own wheels" "Drive you crazy" "Come on baby" "Don't say maybe" "I gotta know if your sweet love" "Is gonna save me" "Oh oh oh" "Well we know we got it easy" "We oughta take it easy" "He was a hard-headed man" "He was brutally handsome" "And she was teminally pretty" "She held him up" "And he held her for ransome" "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 loose your mind" "Life in the fast lane" "Eager for action and hop 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 heavily 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 loose your mind" "Life in the fast lane" "Life in the fast lane" "Everything all the time" "Life in the fast lane" "Blowin' and burnin'" "Blinded by thirst" "They didn't see the stop sign" "Took a turn for the worst" "She said, "Listen, baby" "You can hear the engine's 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" "Surely make you loose your mind" "Life in the fast lane" "Life in the fast lane" "Everything all the time" "Life in the fast lane" "Life in the fast lane" "Life in the fast lane" "Somewhere out there on the horizon" "Out beyond the neon lights" "I know there must be somethin' better" "But there's nowhere else in sight" "It's survival in the city" "When you live from day to day" "City streets don't have much pity" "When you're down that's where you'll stay" "In the city" "In the city" "I was born here in the city" "With my back against the wall" "Nothing grows, and life ain't very pretty" "No one's there to catch you when you fall" "Somewhere out on that horizon" "Far away from the neon sky" "I know there must be somethin' better" "And I can't stay another night" "In the city" "Another night" "In the city" "Another night" "In the city" "In the city" "I turn on the tube and what do I see" "A whole lotta people cryin' "Don't blame me"" "They point their crooked little fingers" "At everybody else" "Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves" "Victim of this victim of that" "Your momma's too thin your daddy's too fat" "Get over it" "Get over it" "All this whining' and cryin' and pitching' a fit" "Get over it, get over it" "You say you haven't been the same" "Since you had your little crash" "But you might feel better if I gave you some cash" "The more I think about it Old Billy was right" "Let's kill all the lawyers kill 'em tonight" "You don't want to work you want to live like a king" "But the big, bad world doesn't owe you a thing" "Get over it" "Get over it" "If you don't want to play then you might as well split" "Get over it, Get over it" "It's like going to confession every time I hear you speak" "You're makin' the most of your losin' streak" "Some call it sick but I call it weak" "You drag it around like a ball and chain" "You wallow in the guilt you wallow in the pain" "You wave it like a flag you wear it like a crown" "Got your mind in the gutter bringing' everybody down" "Complain about the present and blame it on the past" "I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass" "Get over it" "Get over it" "All this bitchin' and moanin' and pitching' a fit" "Get over it, get over it" "Get over it" "Get over it" "It's gotta stop sometime so why don't you quit" "Get over it, get over it" "Get over it" "Desperado" "Why don't you come to your senses?" "You been out ridin' fences" "For so long now" "Oh, you're a hard one" "I know that you got your reasons" "These things that are pleasin' you" "Will hurt you somehow" "Don't you draw 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 youger" "Your pain and your hunger they're drivin' you home" "And freedom, oh freedom" "Well, that's just some people talkin'" "Your prison is walking through this world all alone" "Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?" "The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine" "It's hard to tell the night time from the day" "You're loosin' all your highs and lows" "Ain't it funny how the feeling 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"