TRISHA YEARWOOD - THE SONG REMEMBERS WHEN

THE SONG REMEMBERS WHEN

TRISHA YEARWOOD

SONGWRITER: HUGH PRESTWOOD

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE SONG REMEMBERS WHEN

LABEL: MCA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1993

 

          Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American singer, actress, author and television personality. She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single "She's in Love with the Boy", which became a number one hit on the Billboard country singles chart. Its corresponding self-titled debut album would sell over two million copies. Yearwood continued with a series of major country hits during the early to mid-1990s, including "Walkaway Joe" (1992), "The Song Remembers When" (1993), "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" (1994), "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (1996) and "How Do I Live" (1997).

         Yearwood's 1997 single "How Do I Live" reached number two on the U.S. country singles chart and was internationally successful. It appeared on her first compilation (Songbook) A Collection of Hits (1997). The album certified quadruple-platinum in the United States and featured the hits "In Another's Eyes" and "Perfect Love". Yearwood had a string of commercial successes over the next several years including the hit singles "There Goes My Baby" and "I Would've Loved You Anyway". She released her tenth studio record Jasper County in 2005, which debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and the top ten of the Billboard 200. It would become her fastest-selling album in the United States. Yearwood signed with Big Machine Records in 2007 and released the critically acclaimed Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love the same year.

          Yearwood spent several years on hiatus from her own musical career to focus on other projects. She published three successful cookbooks, which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. In 2012, she began a culinary television series on the Food Network called Trisha's Southern Kitchen, which later won a Daytime Emmy Award. Yearwood has sold over 15 million records worldwide. Her work has earned her several awards and nominations, including three Grammy Awards, three awards from the Academy of Country Music, and three awards from the Country Music Association. Yearwood has also been a cast member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1999.

        The Song Remembers When is the third studio album by American country music artist, Trisha Yearwood. The album was released October 26, 1993 on MCA Nashville Records and was produced by Garth Fundis. It was Yearwood's third collaboration with Fundis, who also produced her 1992 album, Hearts in Armor which received wide critical acclaim, as well as her platinum-selling eponymous debut. The title track was the album's lead single, becoming a major hit, peaking at #2 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1993.

I was standing at the counter,

I was waiting for the change,

when I heard that old familiar music start.

It was like a lighted match

had been tossed into my soul –

it was like a dam had borken in my heart.

 

After taking every detour,

gettin' lost and losing track,

so that even if I wanted I could not find my way back.

After driving out the memory of the way things might havebeen...

After I'd forgotten all about us,

the song remembers when.

 

We were rolling through the Rockies,

we were up above the clouds,

when a station out of Jackson played that song.

And it seemed to fit the moment,

and the moment seemed to freeze,

when we turned the music up and sang along.

 

And there was a God in Heaven,

and the world made perfect sense.

We were young and were in love and we were easy to convince.

We were headed straight for Eden,

it was just around the bend,

and though I had forgotten all about it,

the song remembered when.

 

I guess something must've happened

and we must've said goodbye.

And my heart hmust have been broken,

though I can't recall just why...

The song remembers when.

 

Well for all the miles between us,

and for all the time that's passed,

you would think I haven't gotten very far.

And I hope my hasty heart

will forgive me just this once

if I stop to wonder how on earth you are.

But that's just a lot of water

underneath a bridge I've burned,

and there's no use in back tracking around corners I haveturned.

Still I guess some things we bury

are just bound to rise again,

for even if the world had forgotten

the song remembers when.