California Hotel

I went back
To the hotel
Where I was lost
For a time
Days of sunlight
Nights of loving
Crystal madness
In perfect lines

The nightman
From the old days
Out of nowhere
Did appear
He remembered me
And as he spoke
I remembered
All the fear

Like an avalanche
All the memories
Came cascading
Through my mind

Forever prisoner
Of the hotel
And the life
I came back to find

All those pretty boys
Playing games
Pretending love
Lacking fire
Now all old
Making noise
As they sip
On young red wine

Then I saw her
In her bath robe
Walking slowly
To the pool
She had aged
And lost her beauty
Time can be
So very cruel

Took my hand
Led me on
To a place
By a tree
Said "You must know
And understand
You will never
Be free of me..."

Then she reached
Back through the decades
And once more stirred
The love in me
I gave thanks
To the universe
For a love I never
Believed could be

So we sat
Alone together
Sharing stories
Of the past
With the Hotel
California
Our die was cast
Our die was cast

Then I left her
She was crying
In the garden
All alone
As I was leaving
Heard the night man
Whisper softly
"Welcome home...

Welcome home
To Hotel California
You can run
But never hide
You are born
To take your journey
Buy the ticket
Take the ride."

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