On a dark desert highway

[lovetoscrap]

cool wind in my hair.

 

[Planogirl]

Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air.

(What are colitas?)

 

[Amlee]

Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light.

 

[lisah0711]

Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air.

(What are colitas?)

I've heard it has something to do with marijuana . . .

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

 

[sorul82?]

There she stood in the doorway

 

[Wish Upon A Star]

I heard the mission bell

 

[Seewhatimesdone]

And I was thinkin to myself this could be heaven and this could be hell...

 

[sorul82?]

Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way

 

[Michelle67]

There were voices down that corridor, I thought I heard them say...

(About colitas: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1053/in-the-song-hotel-california-what-does-colitas-mean)

 

[aka-mad4themouse]

to the Hotel California

 

[Caropooh]

such a lovely place,

 

[lovetoscrap]

such a lovely face.

 

[just4today]

Plenty of room at the hotel california




Motel California (not to be confused with Hotel California)

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air.

(What are colitas?)

It's slang for burning marijuana buds.


(kind of sets the stage for the other "visions" in the song!)

 

[lisah0711]

Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here

 

[sorul82?]

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

 

[Amlee]

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys,
That she calls friends

 

[december]

How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat

(best....song.....ever!)

 

[Freyja]

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

 

[maslex]

So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine"