Lyrics to
Open Invitation

This version of Open Invitation was released by Santana in 1978.

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You be you and let me be me
No strings attached emotionally
I wanna get a little crazy
That’s puttin’ it plain
You got the medicine
And I got the pain

When you just wanna feel good
Like the doctor said
One good dose of loving
It’s gonna straighten out your head

You got an open invitation
On that you can rely
You got a prepaid reservation
And that’s the only way to fly

Let’s make love, the feeling is right
Just passing by like ships in the night
Oughta get a little friendly
There’s no time like now
You bring the attitude and I’ll show you how

Anytime you’re ready
Anytime at all
Just come on over
Don’t even have to call

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About Lyrics and Open Invitation by Santana

The lyrics for Open Invitation are defined as the words making up the song released by Santana in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Open Invitation have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Santana and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Open Invitation by Santana if you think through it. 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 Open Invitation" means the words set to the music of Open Invitation, 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 Open Invitation and the lyrics to Open Invitation 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 Open Invitation, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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