Origin of Jenkins Stage Name--------- Jenkins felt that his real name wasn't marketable, and he changed his show business name in 1957. (Harold Lloyd Jenkins would always remain his legal name, however). Looking at a road map, he spotted Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas. Thus, he went with the professional name of "Conway Twitty".[citation needed]
Alternatively, Jenkins met a Richmond, VA, man named W. Conway Twitty Jr. through Jenkins' manager in a New York City restaurant. The manager served in the army with the real Conway Twitty. Later, the manager suggested to Jenkins that he take the name as his stage name because it had a ring to it. The Richmond Conway Twitty subsequently recorded the song, "What's in a Name But Trouble," in the mid-1960s, lamenting the loss of his name to Jenkins. The flip side of the 45 RPM record was "The Purple, Purple People Eater, Eater." (The more well known version of Purple People Eater, however, now having sold over 100,000,000 copies, was recorded by Sheb Wooley.)
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She don't know how much it hurts me to hear her beg him not to go
If she were mine again I'd never let the tears fill her eyes
She don't know how much it hurts me to see an angel cry
Once she built her world around me and like a fool I tore it down
And she begged me not to leave her just the way she's doing now
Now she's begging to another with that same hurt in her eyes
I didn't know how much I loved her 'til she turned and walked away
I didn't know how much I'd hurt her 'til I say her here this way
If she were mine I'd hold her forever and dry the tears from her eyes
She don't know how much it hurts me to see my angel cry
She don't know how much it hurts me to see my angel cry
Conway Twitty's song "She Don't Know How It Feels" conveys the sorrow and regret felt by someone who has lost the love of their life. The singer observes the woman he once loved crying over another man, feeling pained by her tears despite the fact that he was the one who ended their relationship. He admits that he took her for granted and only realized how much she mattered to him after she left. The titular line "She don't know how it hurts me" communicates the singer's feeling that his pain is invisible to her, that she doesn't know the depths of his regret.
The lyrics show a sense of longing and a desire to have things be as they once were. The singer wishes to go back in time to when she built her world around him, but he knows that this cannot be. He is torn between wanting to hold her and make everything better and knowing that these regrets are ultimately futile. The song ends on a note of acceptance, with the singer recognizing that their relationship is over, but the pain of seeing her cry remains.
Line by Line Meaning
See her there, see her crying she thinks she loves him so
Observing her weeping, she believes she's in love with him.
She don't know how much it hurts me to hear her beg him not to go
It causes me a great amount of pain to overhear her plead for him to stay.
If she were mine again I'd never let the tears fill her eyes
In the event that she was my partner once more, not once would I allow tears to fill up her eyes again.
She don't know how much it hurts me to see an angel cry
It wounds me deeply to see an angelic being such as her crying and in pain.
Once she built her world around me and like a fool I tore it down
In the past, she crafted her life around me, and like a foolish person, I destroyed it.
And she begged me not to leave her just the way she's doing now
At that time, she pleaded with me not to abandon her in the same way she's currently begging her current partner.
Now she's begging to another with that same hurt in her eyes
Currently, she's imploring a different person with the same pain and agony visible in her eyes.
She don't know how much it hurts me to see an angel cry
The fact that an angelic being such as her is suffering and crying pains me greatly.
I didn't know how much I loved her 'til she turned and walked away
It wasn't until she left and walked away that I realized how much I loved her.
I didn't know how much I'd hurt her 'til I saw her here this way
I never realized the extent of the damage I caused her until I saw her in this sorrowful state.
If she were mine I'd hold her forever and dry the tears from her eyes
If she happened to be my partner again, I'd embrace and comfort her while drying the tears from her eyes.
She don't know how much it hurts me to see my angel cry
Seeing my angelic partner in pain and tears is extremely distressing and excruciating for me.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CHARLES HANEY, CONWAY TWITTY, L WHITE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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