Lyrics to
Carnaval

This version of Carnaval was released by Santana in 1977.

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Vamanos, vamanos al carnaval
Es hora de bailar mi amor

Come on, let’s go
Let’s go to carnaval
It is time to sing and dance my love

Yo quiero lo felicidad
Que da el carnaval

I want the happiness and joy
That’s found in carnaval

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Santana has released many songs over the years besides Carnaval. Santana released songs from 1969 to 2005 spanning across albums like Santana, Abraxas, Santana III, Caravanserai, Amigos, Festival, Moonflower, Inner Secrets, Marathon, Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality, Zebop!, Shango, Havana Moon, Beyond Appearances, Blues For Salavador, Freedom, Spirits Dancing In The Flesh, Milagro, Supernatural, Shaman, and All That I Am. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Santana.

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About Lyrics and Carnaval by Santana

The lyrics to Carnaval are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Santana in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Carnaval are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Santana and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Carnaval back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Carnaval by Santana in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Carnaval" means the words set to the music of Carnaval, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Santana. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Carnaval and the lyrics to Carnaval are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Santana who came here looking just for the lyrics to Carnaval, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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