Lyrics to
The River

This version of The River was released by Santana in 1977.

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You are my river
Keep on flowing through
Filling my life
With all of you

You are the freedom
I’ve been searching for
Oh, how I love you
Just for who you are

There will be hard times
Everyone must go through
Testing his love
Just to see if it’s true
But the hard times will come
But they all pass away
I have seen the light
In my life today

That’s why I love you
Just for who you are

You are my river

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About Lyrics and The River by Santana

The lyrics for The River are defined as the words making up the song released by Santana in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The River 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 The River 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 The River" means the words set to the music of The River, 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 The River and the lyrics to The River 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 The River, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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