All parts of life are worth to be recorded and retraced.

[lyrics]

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair 往黑暗沙漠的公路 冷風吹過我的頭髮 

Warm smell of colitas,rising up through the air 溫熱的柯利塔氣味 從空氣中升起 

Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light 就在前面的遠方 我見到微光閃爍

My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim 我的頭越發沉重 視線也越來越模糊 

I had to stop for the night 我必須停留一晚 

There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell 她站在門旁 我聽到教堂鐘聲 

And I was thinking to myself This could be Heaven or this could be Hell 我在心理想 這兒可是天堂還是地獄 

Then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way 然後她點亮了蠟燭 幫我帶路 

There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say 有些聲音從走廊傳來我想我聽到他們說 

Welcome to the Hotel California 歡迎來到加州旅館 

Such a lovely place Such a lovely face 多麼可愛的地方 多麼可愛的臉孔 

Plenty of room at the Hotel California 加州旅館有很多的房間 

Any time of year You can find it here 一年四季 你都可以來到這裡 

Her mind is Tiffany twisted She's got the Mercedes Benz 她的心思只有名牌 有輛墨西迪賓士 

She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys That she calls friends 她有很多俊美迷人的男友 她稱之為朋友 

How they dance in the courtyard Sweet summer sweat 他們在庭園裡是怎麼的跳舞 甜美的夏日汗水 

Some dance to remember Some dance to forget 有些跳舞為了喚起記憶 而有些人為了遺忘 

So I called up the Captain Please bring me my wine 所以我叫了領班 請拿些酒來給我 

He said We haven't had that spirit here since 1969 他說自從1969年就沒有那樣的烈酒了 

And still those voices are calling from far away 而那些聲音不斷的持續從遠方傳來

Wake you up in the middle of the night Just to hear them say 讓你在深夜裡也會驚醒 只聽到他們說 

Welcome to the Hotel California 歡迎來到加州旅館 

Such a lovely place Such a lovely face 多麼可愛的地方多麼可愛的臉孔 

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California 他們狂歡縱情在這加州旅館 

What a nice surprise Bring your alibis 如此美好的驚奇 (只要)帶著你的藉口托辭 

Mirrors on the ceiling Pink champagne on ice 天花板上的鏡子 冰鎮的紅粉香檳 

And she said We are all just prisoners here Of our own device 而她說我們皆是出自情願成為這兒的囚犯 

And in the master's chambers They gathered for the feast 在主人的接待房裡 所有人聚集赴宴 

They stab it with their steely knives 他們拿著鐵製小刀戳刺獵物 

But they just can't kill the beast 但是他們卻不能殺那隻野獸 

 Last thing I remember I was running for the door 我記得的最後一件事 我跑向門口 

I had to find the passage back to the place I was before 我得找回我的來時路 回到我從前的地方 

Relax said the nightman We are programed to receive 放鬆吧 守夜的人說 我們是被創造來接收一切的 

You can check out any time you like But you can never leave 只要你想任何時刻都可以結單 不過你將永遠離不開

[賞析]

warm smell of colitas溫熱的柯利塔氣味，其中的「colitas」是什麼意思？很多種說法，有個解釋算最有根據的，colas是大麻葉分類的小秘訣，這個部份比較多汁並且更多吸食後的後勁，就好像檳榔的倒吊子。還有cola在西語是指尾巴（tail），在七十年代，大麻被稱為小尾巴，在台灣的大麻捲菸也稱之為老鼠尾 而colitas是西語意思是”陰性的很多小尾巴”(little tails)所以在這裡colitas是指大麻。老鷹樂團用這個黑話來指大麻，以避免招來麻煩。
Her mind is Tiffany twisted She's got the Mercedes Benz 她的心思只有名牌 她有台墨西迪賓士，Tiffany對於大家應該比較不陌生。tiffany的字詞翻譯是絲紗羅是一種織品。而Tiffany大寫是專有名詞，有兩種意思，一是全球知名的Tiffany＆Co珠寶銀飾；另一種含義是(Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848-1933)Tiffany的玻璃藝術品，經烈火熔融的固液狀玻璃放在模具上邊吹邊轉動，冷卻後留下的旋轉的痕跡。這已經發展成為玻璃工藝的一種流派，在這裡Tiffany應該是取玻璃製品的意思。在歌詞裡跟墨西迪賓士解釋為敗金，而有趣的是Benz音很像bends，可以說是為了twist和bend都有彎曲之意，就像中文中諧音以及對仗句。這裡是用來描寫心靈的扭曲。