Hotel California - Eagles

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 place)

Such a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here

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 place)

Such a lovely face

They livin' it up at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise (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

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 night man

We are programmed to receive

You can check out any time you like

But you can never leave!

Colitas (西 班牙文)

Colitas, "Little Tails", or its slang, "Little Buds".
The word "colitas" means literally, "Little Tails", thus use of the slang, "colitas", (as referenced in the song) meaning the burning of little  'tails/buds'. (大麻草的尖尾端 )

歌詞意思為“濃烈烤菸的味道”

Shimmering Light -閃爍的光芒，人死時 常看到光的隧道。

Mission Bell

In California, most of the old churches would have been mission (i.e. missionary) churches by the Spanish (i.e. Roman Catholic 羅馬天主教) Church to the indigenous土著population人口.

歌詞意思為“聽到教堂鐘聲”

Tiffany-twisted

Tiffany公司是美國一間頂級鐘錶和珠寶和首飾公 司，代表名牌。

Twist絞扭

歌詞意思為 “思想已被名牌纏繞”

Courtyard - 屋對出的庭園

Spirit - 可譯為 “酒” ，”酒精” ，” 精神”

1969 – 6字最尾的一年， 代表六十年代最尾的一年。

美國六十年代，越戰正酣，年輕人反對戰爭，拒服兵役，他們走上街頭，勇敢 地表達自己追求和平的願望。

六十年代的時尚是平民化的，不需要很多錢也可以很時髦。

歌詞意思為 “六十年代的平凡，不尚金錢的精神，現在已經沒有了”。

They livin' it up at the Hotel California

這句含意是：”他們就沉醉在這種生活方式，在這裡這樣生 活下去”

Alibis - 藉口

回應上一句，歌詞意思為 “真令人驚訝，每人總 有自已的藉口”

Prisoners - 囚犯　　Device - 器具 ( 這裡指身體 )

這句含意是：”囚禁我們的，不是銅 牆鐵壁，是我們自已的身體的種種感官。”

Master - 指主人家 ( 這裡指壞人，魔鬼 )

Feast - 宴席 ( 這裡指一切引誘我們的東西 )

Stab - 刺，戳　　Steely Knives - 鋼鐵的刀 ( 這裡指引誘我們的東 西，如大麻，酒，色等等，如鋼刀一般，刺戳著傷害著我們 )

Beast - 野獸   (為何殺不死野獸？由於不是真刀 嘛！)

Night Man - 守夜人，看更。

最尾數句的意思是：

我們 (指壞人，魔鬼) 是設定為招待你 (指所有人) 的，你可以

結帳 (指短暫停止種種逸樂) ，但你永遠離不開種 種誘惑。