Lyrics to
I’ll Be Waiting

This version of I’Ll Be Waiting was released by Santana in 1977.

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It’s been so long since I’ve seen your face
Yet I know soon I’ll have your embrace
I’ll be waiting
Waiting just for you
Life keeps afloat and my love grows and grows
You are the lightin’
I’ll be wating
Waiting just for you
Oh, it’s been a long, long time by
I don’t mind
Rhythm deep, to know the earth
Keep waiting, waiting
Waiting just for you

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Santana has released many songs over the years besides I’Ll Be Waiting. 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 I’Ll Be Waiting by Santana

The lyrics for I’Ll Be Waiting are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Santana. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to I’Ll Be Waiting have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for I’Ll Be Waiting - Santana and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to I’Ll Be Waiting by Santana in multiple 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 I’Ll Be Waiting" means the words set to the music of I’Ll Be Waiting, 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 I’Ll Be Waiting and the lyrics to I’Ll Be Waiting 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 I’Ll Be Waiting, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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