Santana

Released: August 1, 1982

Songwriter: Paul Brady

Producer: Gregg Rolie Carlos Santana

[Verse 1]
Drunk all the whiskey
But I still can't get no rest
Brain trapped on a roller coaster
Got a pain in my chest
Cold water on my eyeballs
Send a shiver up my spine
Hit the street in the wee wee hours
This is the night hunting time

[Chorus]
Don't know what I'm doing here
Got to get my senses clear
Don't know what I'm doing here
Got to get my senses clear

[Verse 2]
Stumble in off the footpath
Heard the sounds from below
Get accustomed to the darkness
Got to take it real slow
Sweat streaming down my cheekbones
Smoke stinging my eyes
Walls dripping like the jungle
But this ain't no paradise

[Chorus]
Don't know what I'm doing here
Got to get my senses clear
Don't know what I'm doing here
Got to get my senses clear

[Verse 3]
Stumble up to the counter
Catch the tension in the air
Black Sabbath drive a young boy crazy
This ain't no frivolous affair
Young girl sipping Pernod
Body hunger in her glance
No stopping when it comes to doing
The Heavy Metal Romance

[Chorus]
Don't know what I'm doing here
Got to get my senses clear
Don't know what I'm doing here
Got to get my senses clear

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco) is a Mexican and American musician who became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. Carlos prefers to only play and leave lead vocals to guest singers. The band’s sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won ten Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.

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