歌词
编曲：Bill Szymczyk
On a dark desert highway
行驶在昏黑的荒漠公路上
cool wind in my hair
凉风吹过我的头发
warm smell of colitas
烟草的香气
rising up through the air
弥漫在空气中
Up ahead in the distance
抬头遥望远方
I saw a shimmering light
我看到微弱的灯光
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
我的头越来越沉,视线也变得模糊
I had to stop for the night
我不得不停下来过夜
there she stood in the doorway
她站在门口
I heard the mission bell
我听到远处教堂的钟声
and I was thinking to myself
我在心里对自己说
this could be heaven or this could be hell
这里可能是天堂也可能是地狱
then she lit up a candle
然后她点燃了蜡烛
and she showed me the way
给我引路
there were voices down in corridor
沿着走廊传来阵阵歌声
I thought I heard them say.....
我想我听到他们在说
welcome to the hotel California
欢迎来到加州旅馆
such a lovely place
如此美丽的地方
such a lovely face
多么可爱的的面容
plenty of rooms at the hotel California
在加州旅馆里有充足的房间
any time of year
一年的任何时候,
you can find it here
你都能找到这里
her mind is Tiffany-twisted
她的心为珠宝所扭曲
she got the Mercedes-Benz
她开着那豪华的奔驰车
she got a lot of pretty pretty boys
她有许多漂亮的小伙子
that she calls friends
她称之为朋友
how they dance in the courtyard
他们在庭院里翩翩起舞
sweet summers sweat
夏日的香汗淋漓
some dance to remember some dance to forget
有些舞是为了回忆而有些舞是为了忘却
so I called up the captain
于是我叫来领班
please bring me my wine, he said:"
请给我来些酒
we haven't had that spirit
他说我们这不供应烈酒
here since nineteen sixty nine
从1969年起
and still those voices are calling from far away
远处仍然传来他们的话语
wake you up in the middle of the night
在半夜把你吵醒
just to hear them say....
只听到他们在说
welcome to the hotel California
欢迎到加州旅馆来
such a lovely place
如此美丽的地方
such a lovely face
多么可爱的的面容
they live in'it up at the hotel California
他们在加州旅馆尽情狂欢
what a nice surprise
好得令人吃惊
bring your alibis
使你有来到这的借口
mirrors on the ceiling
天花板上镶嵌着的镜子
the pink champagne on ice,and she said:"
冰镇着的粉色香槟
we are all just prisoners here
她说我们都是这的囚徒
of our own device
为自己的欲望所囚禁
and in the master's chambers
在大厅中
they gathered for the feast
人们聚在篝火旁
they stab it with their steely knives
他们挥舞着锋利的刀
but they just can't kill the beast
但他们却杀不死心中的野兽
last thing I remember
我所记得的最后一件事
I was running for the door
是我跑向门口
I had to find the passage back
我必须找到来时的路
to the place I was before
回到我过去的地方
relax said the night man
“放轻松”守夜人说到
we are programmed to receive
我们只是照常接待
you can check out any time you like
你想什么时候结帐都可以
but you can never leave
但你永远无法离去
Producer : Bill Szymczyk
Lead Vocals : Don Henley
12- & 6-String Electric Guitars : Don Felder
12-String Acoustic Guitar : Glenn Frey
Electric Guitar : Joe Walsh
Bass : Randy Meisner
Drums & Percussion : Don Henley
Backing Vocals : Don Felder / Don Henley / Glenn Frey / Joe Walsh / Randy Meisner
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