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Ricardo Treviño, Jr. (born May 16, 1971 in Houston, Texas), known professionally as Rick Trevino, is an American country music artist of Mexican American descent. Signed to Columbia Records in 1993, Trevino began his career that year with the release of his debut single, "Just Enough Rope", the first mainstream country music single to feature separate English and Spanish-language versions. The song was included on his debut album Dos Mundos; a self-titled album followed a year later. Trevino has charted a total of fourteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and recorded seven studio albums. His highest-charting single, "Running Out of Reasons to Run", spent one week at Number One in 1997.
Trevino is the son of Ricardo Trevino, Sr., a Tejano musician, and Linda Chavez. His music career began when he started taking piano lessons at the age of five. He plays rhythm guitar as well as keyboards.
Although he was offered a baseball scholarship to Memphis State University, Trevino chose instead to study music at Texas A&M University. While a student, he played his brand of country music in local clubs. In 1991, a representative of the Sony label was stranded in Austin due to flooding conditions and visited a small club where Trevino regularly played. Although Trevino was not performing that evening, the representative saw several articles on the walls which praised Trevino. Employees of the club gave him a tape of Trevino's music, which the label representative then passed onto music producer Steve Buckingham. Buckingham made a special trip to Austin just to hear Trevino perform and signed him immediately to Sony. Trevino left school to pursue his music career.
At the insistence of Columbia Records, his first album, Dos Mundos was an almost entirely Spanish country album. Trevino, who is not a native Spanish speaker and needed lessons before he could record the album, was displeased with the decision. "I didn't like that a bit because I didn't want people to think I was a Tejano artist...Everybody thinks I'm a Tejano singer crossing over to the country format." The album was certified gold. Seven months later, in 1994, Sony released his first English album, Rick Trevino. Rick Trevino was certified gold (selling over 500,000 copies) and featured two Number One hits, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" and "Doctor Time." His debut single, "Just Enough Rope" ("Bastante Cordón"), appeared in English on Rick Trevino and in Spanish on Dos Mundos, while a version of the song which combined the two languages was also released to radio. This became the first mainstream country single to be released in both English and Spanish. The album's third single, "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry", became Trevino's first chart-topper, spending one week at the top of the Gavin Report country singles charts.
The follow-up English album, Looking for the Light, was released in 1995 and included the top-ten hit "Bobbie Ann Mason." Trevino also recorded a Spanish version of the album, titled Un Rayo de Luz ("A Ray of Light").
In the late 1990s he joined an all-star group of Mexican-American singers, including members of Los Lobos, Freddy Fender, Ruben Ramos, and Flaco Jimenez, to create the supergoup Los Super Seven. The group won a Grammy in 1998 for Best Mexican-American Music Performance for their self-titled debut album.
Trevino's 1996 album Learning as You Go, produced his first and only Billboard Number One single in "Running Out of Reasons to Run". As with Looking for the Light, Learning As You Go also featured a separate Spanish-language version, titled Mi Vida Eres Tú ("My Life Is You").
Trevino asked to leave his contract with Sony in the hopes of moving in a different musical direction. Sony refused to release him from the contract, and Trevino cut a new album and released the single "Only Lonely Me" in 1998. Before the album could be released, Sony fired Trevino, and the album was shelved. Undaunted, Trevino continued to tour and released a Spanish-language album, Mi Son, that contained only ballads and had little hint of his country music roots. Without a new album or record deal, however, Trevino's touring schedule slowed, and most of his band quit.
During this time Trevino began collaborating with Raul Malo, former frontman of country band The Mavericks. The two had met while working on the second Los Super Seven album. Their collaborations helped bring Trevino to the attention of producer Paul Worley, who helped Trevino get a contract with Warner Brothers.
For his next album, In My Dreams, Trevino "wanted to do a country record that had a Latin flavor to it." He wrote or co-wrote every song on the album except for the final track, a cover of the Bryan Adams song "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" The title track, "In My Dreams" became a single and remained on the charts for twenty weeks, falling just shy of the Top 40 on the Billboard country charts (although it reached a peak of #34 on the Radio & Records country charts).
She Can't Say I Didn't Cry
Rick Trevino Lyrics
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If she says I caused her hurt
You can take her at her word
And know she's speaking from her heart
And she says that I'm to blame
You can bet I did my part
If she says I didn't lift a hand when
she walked away
It's true I didn't make her stay, but
Chorus
She can't say I didn't cry
She can't say she didn't know
How it tore me up inside
How it hurt to watch her go
There's a million things that she might say
That I cannot deny
But she can't look me in the eye
And say I didn't cry
If you haven't heard by now
How much I let her down
When you do, you can sure believe
That I made some mistakes
But that don't take away
From just how much she means to me
She can say I gave her every reason to leave
But there's one thing she can't say about me
Chorus
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There's a million things that she might say
That I cannot deny
But she can't look me in the eye
and say I didn't cry
In Rick Trevino's song "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry," the singer accepts responsibility for the pain and hurt caused in his past relationship. When his ex-partner speaks about the pain and how he is the one to be blamed, he admits that he did play his part as well. However, he also points out that he didn't prevent her from leaving him, but it doesn't mean that he didn't feel terrible about it. He further emphasizes that she cannot deny that he didn't cry when she walked away, and it hurt him to watch her go.
The song's message is quite potent since it highlights the emotional agony of a failed relationship. The song suggests that even if one partner is to blame for the breakup, it's not easy for them to let go of loving the other person. Rick Trevino's powerful vocals underscore the pain of accepting one's faults, losing someone they love and moving on. Additionally, the song also highlights the complicated emotions that come with love and loss.
Line by Line Meaning
If she says I caused her hurt
She is telling the truth and is genuine about her pain.
You can take her at her word
You can trust that what she is saying is true.
And know she's speaking from her heart
She is expressing her true feelings and emotions.
And when she talks about the pain
She is describing the hurt and distress she is feeling.
And she says that I'm to blame
She is holding me responsible for her pain and hurt.
You can bet I did my part
I played a role in causing her pain and hurt.
If she says I didn't lift a hand when
She is telling the truth about me not trying to stop her from leaving.
she walked away
She left on her own accord.
It's true I didn't make her stay, but
I did not force her to stay, but that doesn't mean I didn't care.
She can't say I didn't cry
Despite my mistakes, I still care for her deeply and it hurts me deeply to see her go.
She can't say she didn't know
She knows how much I care for her.
How it tore me up inside
The pain of seeing her leave has been unbearable.
How it hurt to watch her go
It has been emotionally painful for me to see her leave.
There's a million things that she might say
There are many things she could say about me that are true.
That I cannot deny
I cannot dispute these things.
But she can't look me in the eye
She cannot deny that I still feel emotional and hurt over her leaving.
If you haven't heard by now
If you haven't already been told,
How much I let her down
How I disappointed and failed her in some way.
When you do, you can sure believe
When you find out, you should trust that it is true.
That I made some mistakes
I am not perfect and have made errors in judgment.
But that don't take away
However, my mistakes do not mean I do not care about her.
From just how much she means to me
I deeply care for her and love her, despite my faults.
She can say I gave her every reason to leave
I may have done things that pushed her away.
But there's one thing she can't say about me
She cannot say that I did not care or was not hurt by her leaving.
There's a million things that she might say
There are many things she could say about me that are true.
But she can't look me in the eye
However, deep down she knows that I still love and care for her.
and say I didn't cry
She cannot deny my true emotions when it comes to her leaving.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: REESE WILSON, TONY MARTIN, TONYL MARTIN, TROY GLENN MARTIN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Bo Simpson
I strongly relate to She Can't Say I didn't Cty my favorite song by Rick Triveno.
@jeremymanuel8041
Anybody still listening in 2024
@AmandaBaquedano
Im here ❤❤❤
@jacksondaniel2867
Still listening and never left!!Life is what it is!!
@toddmorris-cj9se
Why wouldn't we be? Sure don't make em like this anymore
@edcnoyb3782
Yes unfortunately this particular song hits a little closer to the heart, and some old memories then I care to admit most of the time. So most likely. I will still listen to this one in 2044 if I live that long.
@mattgibson9939
Man I wish we could bring back the country of the late 80’s and 90’s When country was COUNTRY! It’s authentic and it comes from the heart!!! Anyone feel the way I do in 2022!?!?!?!
@jamesbrown6385
50's thru 90's best country music!
@mzcrazyazhell
Me BROTHER everyday
@mikejones8483
Just saw blackhawk last night. The man is 73 and sounds as good as ever.