HOTEL CALIFORNIA EAGLES

On a dark desert highway,

cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas,
rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance,
I 1) shimmering light
My head 2) heavy and my sight 3)
dim
I 4) to stop for the night
There she 5) in the doorway;
I 6) the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This 7) be Heaven or this 8) be
Hell'
Then she lit up a candle
and she 9) me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I 10) I heard them say...
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,
she 11) the Mercedes Benz
She 12) a lot of pretty,
pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard,
sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember,
some dance to forget
So I 13) up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He 14) , 'We haven't had that spirit
here since nineteen sixty nine'
And still those voices
are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Last thing I remember, I 16)

Running for the door
I 17) to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' 18) the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'

1) Put these verbs into past tense (they are both

irregular and regular)
Say - ................
Call - ................
Show - ................
Get - ................
Can - ................
Stand - ................
Be - ................
Hear - ................
Grow - ................
See ................
Think - ................

2) Try to put the verbs in past tense into the text. (Some
of them might be used more times)
3) Listen to the Eagles song to make sure to fill in the
verbs correctly.

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
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she 15) 'We are all just prisoners here,
of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Teachers note:

Correct answers:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)

Saw
Grew
Grew
Had
Stood
Heard
Could
Could
Showed

10) Though
11) Got
12) Got
13) Called
14) Said
15) Said
16) Was
17) Had
18) Said

Song facts:
"Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in
February 1977. It is one of the best known songs of the album-oriented rock era.
The lyrics weave a surrealistic tale in which a weary traveler checks into a luxury hotel. The hotel at first
appears inviting and tempting, but it turns out to be a nightmarish place where "you can check out anytime you
like, but you can never leave".
The song is an allegory about hedonism, self-destruction, and greed in the music industry of the late 1970s
Colitas is 'little tails', but here the author is referring to colas, the tip of a marijuana branch, where it is more
potent and with more sap said to be the best part of the leaves.'
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California)