Lyrics to
No One To Depend On

This version of No One To Depend On was released by Santana in 1971.

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Ain’t got nobody that I can depend on
Ain’t got nobody that I can depend on

Ain’t got nobody that I can depend on

Ain’t got no one tengo anadie
That I know of no tengo anadie
That I can depend on no tengo anadie
Ain’t got no one

Got nobody
That I can depend on no tengo anadie
Ain’t got nobody that I can depend on
No tengo anadie.

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Santana has released many songs over the years besides No One To Depend On. 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 No One To Depend On by Santana

The lyrics to No One To Depend On are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Santana used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to No One To Depend On have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Santana and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to No One To Depend On by Santana. 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 No One To Depend On" means the words set to the music of No One To Depend On, 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 No One To Depend On and the lyrics to No One To Depend On 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 No One To Depend On, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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