"Hotel California"的完整歌詞如下：
The song is on a dark and stormy night
Out on the sand in the moonlight
You can see the bravado in his eyes
The high and mighty lord of the wild
Who was he to answer for his deeds
Out on the sand where he wandered free
But you're just a girl out in the rain
Out on a ledge in the midnight hour
In the gloom of the haunted mansion
Out on the shelf in a crazy scene
You were asking for passion I guess
The saddest sights are what you'll find
But maybe that's just my mirror and me
A guy like me what can you expect
With your passion running dry like sand
Oh it's only rock and roll and it seems
I just might let you slip into the ground
But I'll take you with me to hotel california
Where the shadows fall across your face
And linger in the air to watch you sleep
In hotel california dreaming of a friend
In a pool of moonlight where you weep
In hotel california dreaming of tomorrow
When you're all alone and your tears are dry
In hotel california dreaming of tomorrow
But maybe that's just my mirror and me
In hotel california, oh baby, oh baby...
這是一首充滿迷幻色彩的歌曲，歌詞中描繪了一個虛構的酒店，也表達了作者對生活的看法和情感。歌詞中的一些意象和情感可以通過音樂和歌詞的配合來更好地理解。