Hotel California
演唱：Don Henley
填詞：Don Felder，Glenn Frey，Don Henley?
譜曲：Don Felder?
編曲：Bill Szymczyk
On a dark desert highway.
行駛在昏黑的荒漠公路上
Cool wind in my hair.
涼風吹過我的頭發
Warm smell of colitas
溫馨的colitas香
Rising Up through the air
彌漫在空氣中
Up ahead in the distance.
擡頭遙望遠方
I saw a shimmering light
我看到壹絲微弱的燈光 。
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
我的頭越來越沈,視線也變得模糊。
I had to stop for the night
我不得不停下來過夜
There she stood in the doorway
她站在門那兒等候我
I heard the mission bell
我聽到遠處教堂的鐘聲 。
And I was thinking to myself
我在心裏對自己說
This could be heaven or this could be hell
這裏也許是天堂也可能是地獄
Then she lit up a candle
她點燃了蠟燭
And she showed me the way
並給我引路
There were voices down in corridor
走廊深處傳來陣陣說話聲
I thought I heard them say... ...
我想我聽到他們在說……
Welcome to the Hotel California for you
歡迎來到加州旅館！
Such a lovely place
多麽美麗的地方！
Such a lovely face
多麽可愛的面容
There's plenty of rooms at the Hotel California
加州旅館有充足的房間!
Any time of year
壹年的任何時候
you can find it here
妳都能在這找到房間
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted
帶著仿佛如紗般纏繞的心思
She got the Mercedes-Benz
她開著壹輛梅塞德斯?奔馳
She got a lot of pretty,pretty boys
還帶著許多漂亮迷人的小夥子
She calls friends
她都喚他們叫朋友
How they dance in the courtyard
他們在庭院裏翩翩起舞
Sweet summer sweat
甜蜜夏日,香汗伶俐。
Some dance to remember
有人狂舞中喚起回憶！
Some dance to forget
而有人狂舞著是為了忘記！
So I called up the captain
於是我叫來領班。
Please bring me my wine
請給我來些美酒。
He said we haven't had that spirit here
他說:我們這再不供應烈酒
Since nineteen sixty nine
自從1969年起
And still those voices are calling from far away
遠處依然傳來那些話語
Wake you up in the middle of the night
在半夜將妳驚醒
Just to hear them say... ...
只聽到他們在說……
Welcome to the Hotel Calofornia for you
歡迎來到加州旅館！
Such a lovely place
多麽美麗的地方！
Such a loveely face
多麽可愛的面容！
They livin'it up at the Hotel California
他們在加州旅館盡情狂歡
What a nice surprise
壹切都美好得令人吃驚！
Bring your alibis .
為妳帶來想要的借口
Mirrors on the ceilling
天花板上的鏡子
The pink champagne on ice
冰上粉紅色的香檳
And she said
這時她說,
We are all just prisoners here "
我們其實不過是這裏的囚徒,
Of our own device
甘心被自己所驅使".
And in the master's chambers
在主人的房間裏
They gathered for the feast
他們聚集在盛宴前
They stab it with their steely knives .
揮舞著鋼制的刀
But they just can't kill the beast
但卻殺不死心中的惡魔
Last thing I remember,
我所記得的最後壹件事就是
I was running for the door
我拼命跑向大門口
I had to find the passage back
我必須找到來時的路
To the place I was before
回到我過去的地方
Relax said the night man
放松點",守夜人說到,
We are programmed to receive
我們只是照常接待
You can check out any time you like
妳什麽時候結帳都可以
But you can never leave
但妳永遠都無法擺脫！
擴展資料：
60年代是美國音樂界的自由創作時期，搖滾樂的流行成為60年代自由與反叛思想的象征，然而其盛況也逐漸造成了樂手日益糜爛的生活態度。吸毒和淫亂幾乎成了每個美國搖滾樂手在70年代走的同壹條墮落之路，金錢與享樂成為了搖滾音樂在70年代的新形象。
同為音樂人的老鷹樂隊看到這樣的事實，卻無能為力。樂手們已經將這種沈迷的生活看成了是音樂界的常態，搖滾樂手們周圍總充滿了漂亮的姑娘和糜爛的生活。於是，樂隊創作了這首《加州旅館》。