"On a dark desert highway ..."

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http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/eagles/hotel+california_20044469.html

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 havent 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 masters chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just cant 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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I don't know if anything in it has to do with satanism or anything like that, to me it's just a great song, but I am not one to over analyze things.
I did look up the word "colitas" in the dictionary a long time ago, it means horse manure.

...cool wind in my hair.
I LOVE the Eagles! Hotel California was the first CD that I bought.
I don't think it's connected to satanism. It does talk about a form of hell and how they could never leave and how they couldn't kill the beast...but they WANTED out. So there!
I don't think it was just one of the greatest songs of its' time. I think it's timeless. My kids love that CD too.
Man! Now that song is stuck in my head!

I don't know much about this song but I do love it, it's the only song of the eagles that I know, I remember hearing other songs for them long ago but nothing sticks to my mind.. I'm not sure how old is it, it was a kind of 'oldy' when I first hear it, I really like it and I don't think it relates to satanism, just a nightmarish dream like experience.. like one of these horror or mystery movies but although you hear it and not watching it; you can live it vividly:)

I am not sure if i have heard that rumor. Maybe it's just some bad publicity. You know, when bands are at the peak of their success all kinds of things about them are published and spread around. Most of these things are not even true. I like the song though. It's cool.

This along with witchy woman deals with Satan/ocult. As far as I know this is the truth. The whole family loves this group, our faves being Lying Eyes. We play this a lot in the car and sing a long with them - my son gives me a row for singing the wrong words. but I think my words are better anyway lol xx

Even though I have heard the song a million times in my childhood, my brain skipped straight to the mission bells line. I don't liek that song. There is something about it that gives me the creeps. That's a trip that you say it has something to do with a rumour of satanism, because I always have an urge to to turn it off. It's like a bad dream I can't quite remember.

Oh, sweet memories of my youth! I knew, it's going on 'cool wind in my hair'. I still love it. I never thought it could somehow connected with satanism but I pretended it's about a ghost hotel, somewhere in the desert... The phrases like 'you can check up any time you like but you can never leave' etc. made me think that way. I remember, there is another great song on this LP, "New kid in town".

...cool wind in my hair? heheheh. Hey i like this song. Is it really about satanism? I'm not sure i have heard the rumor. but whatever it is the songs rocks.

I meant to post the response here, sick4muzick. Instead i just clicked automatically on "add comment" under previous poster. Anyway, my comment to him/her seems appropriate too. As i previously said, i like the music to. I just don't know if it has connection to satanism as per the rumor going around. But, i guess, we'll never know. For the meantime just enjoy the song!

I can see that the whole lyrics has been ably given. I was thinking of putting on the cd to see the exact lyrics. nonetheless, i can see that there is no need for it. enjoy the song, we love to sing it on karaoke over here.