Could it be that the smog's playing tricks on my eyes? Or is it a rollerskater in some kind of headphone disguise? Maybe somebody who just ran out of gas, making his way to the pumps the best way he can...Walkin' in LA, nobody walks in LA
Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security they did not see him
They just hovered 'round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room
Then I'm walking in Memphis
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel
If I see you tomorrow on some street in town
Pardon me if I don't say hello (hello)
I belong to another, it wouldn't look so good
To know someone I'm not supposed to know.
Just walk on by, wait on the corner
I love you, but we're strangers when we meet
Just walk on by, wait on the corner
I love you, but we're strangers when we meet.
I woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in
And those Hollywood nights in those Hollywood hills
She was looking so right in her diamonds and frills
All those big city nights in those high rolling hills
Above all the lights she had all of the skills
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'
You told the man in the Broadway Hotel nothing was stranger than being yourself
And he replied with a tear in his eye...Love was a rollaway, just a cajole away
Mist on a summer's day, nothing was clear.
Love was a smile away, just a defile away
I sought it in every way, no one came near.