Hotel California é uma das músicas mais icônicas da banda Eagles, lançada em 1976 no álbum de mesmo nome. A letra da música foi escrita por Don Felder, Don Henley e Glenn Frey e descreve uma viagem surreal a um luxuoso hotel que acaba sendo uma armadilha da qual o visitante não consegue escapar. A música pode ser interpretada de várias maneiras, mas frequentemente é vista como uma metáfora para o excesso e a decadência do sonho americano na época ... Ver mais [+] , além de uma crítica ao estilo de vida hedonista da Califórnia nos anos 70.
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Introdução:
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On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
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Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
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Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
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My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
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I had to stop for the night
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There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell
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And I was thinking to myself
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This could be heaven or this could be hell
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Then she lit up a candle, and she showed me the way
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There were voices down the corridor,
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I thought I heard them say...
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Welcome to the Hotel California.
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Such a lovely place, (such a lovely place), such a lovely face
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Plenty of room at the Hotel California
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Any time of year, (any time of year) You can find it here
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Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, She got the Mercedes bends
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She got a lot of pretty pretty boys she calls friends
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How they danced in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
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Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
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So I called up the captain; Please bring me my wine (he said)
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We haven't had that spirit here since 1969
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and still those voices are calling from far away
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Wake you up in the middle of the night
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Just to hear them say...
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Welcome to the Hotel California.
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Such a lovely place, (such a lovely place), such a lovely face
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They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
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What a nice surprise, (what a nice surprise) Bring your alibis
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Mirrors on the ceiling; the pink champagne on ice (and she said)
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We are all just prisoners here, of our own device
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and in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast
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They stab it with their steely knives but they
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just can't kill the beast
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Last thing I remember, I was running for the door
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I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
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"Relax" said the night man; we are programmed to receive