There's the part you've braced yourself against and then there's the other part Steal up incling 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 bet blind Never get away, never get away, I am never ever gonna get away from this place Laid out on the street my eyes toward the sun your star next to my face The compasses I came into this world with never really worked so good Gentle shadows spilling down the hills up on Mulhollad at LedgewoodTurn back turn back, find someone to tell your secrets to Dream past an old hotel on Ivy and seconds later I saw youNever get away, never get away, I am never ever gonna get away from this place Laid out on the street 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 Laid out on the street my eyes toward the sun your star next to my face