Lyrics to
Toussaint L’Overture

This version of Toussaint L’Overture was released by Santana in 1971.

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Los cueros me llaman

El timbal

Vamos morena a bailar mi montuno

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About Lyrics and Toussaint L’Overture by Santana

The lyrics for Toussaint L’Overture are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Santana. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Toussaint L’Overture 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 Toussaint L’Overture - 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 Toussaint L’Overture 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 Toussaint L’Overture" means the words set to the music of Toussaint L’Overture, 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 Toussaint L’Overture and the lyrics to Toussaint L’Overture 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 Toussaint L’Overture, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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