There's the part you've braced yourself
against and then[1]there's the other part
Steal up inclining northward streets
with some weird sickness in the dark
Saw your name on the sidewalk
saw your brave face in my mind
If you're gonna sit next to the dealer
you get to [have to] bet blind
Never get away, never get away
I am never ever gonna get away
from this place
Lay down on the streets
my eyes toward the sun,
your star next to my face
The compasses I came into this world
with never really worked so good[2]
Gentle shadows spilling down the hills
up on Mulholland at Ledgewood
Turn back turn back,
find someone to tell your secrets to
Dream past an old hotel on Ivar[3]
and seconds later I saw you
Never get away, never get away
I am never ever gonna get away
from this place
Lay down on the streets
my eyes toward the sun,
your star next to my face
Let the camera track me
from the footlights to the wings
Let me set aside an hour or two
in memory of sweet things
Regrind the lens again and again
and again and again
but still the picture flips
Anyone here mentions "Hotel California"
dies before the first line
clears his lips
Never get away, never get away
I am never ever gonna get away
from this place
Lay down on the streets
my eyes toward the sun,
your star next to my face