Krzysztof Piasecki - Hotel kalifornia

We used to drink cheap wine,
We used to eat any junk,
We used to buy girls flowers,
And then go to the park...

We used to read Stachura's books,
We used to watch "Rejs" movie,
We used to go to the mountains sometimes,
Looking for less grey places...

We used to listen to Illustrated Weekly Entertainment,
And sometimes - Radio Free Europe,
In newspapers - Comrade Gierek,
Put the gears in motion...

Queue to get the flat,
Little Fiat for a ration coupon,
Meetings, deliberations, meetings,
And behind The Iron Curtain - the world...

And then, someone brought The Hotel California,
It was like glimpsing the dawn (it was like glipmsing the dawn),
And the eastern gloom disappeared,
When You were listening to The Hotel California,
You entered such a state,
Lie You were there, with them...

We used to go to Wajda's movies,
We used to wake up to get some bread,
We used to relive our first loves,
And get shots in the head.

In newspapers - goverment and party,
And in the underworld - Workers' Defence Committee,
One friend, being a weirdo,
And other one - high from here...

You can't know that,
Youngster from FM radio,
While sitting behind the studio's glass,
Playing this single.

For You it's just an old thing,
For us - it's Holy Grail,
So let this guitars resound,
And let Eagles fly so high.

Don't interrupt The Hotel California,
Let the guitarist strum (let the guitarist strum),
Until he floats You up,
To our Hotel California,
Where we are meant to live,
When we will be no more...