She moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991 with the goal of becoming a country artist. Songwriter Harlan Howard heard Sara as she sung a demo of one of his songs, "Tiger By the Tail" at County Q Studios**, and decided she should sing his music. She went under contract with RCA.
In 1997 Evans released her first album Three Chords and the Truth. Critics praised the album for returning to traditional country and recognized it on many of their top ten of the year lists. Unfortunately, it did not catch on with country radio at the time and none of the three singles made the top 40.
In 1998 Evans released her sophomore album No Place That Far. Critics slammed her for choosing a more pop/country oriented album. Her first single "Cryin' Game" hardly charted. It would be her next single "No Place That Far," a duet with Vince Gill, that would be her first number one single. The album has been certified gold. She actually had been a backup singer for Vince Gill, which definitely played a role in showcasing her talents and leading her ever growing popularity and success.
Evans released her "make it or break it" album, Born To Fly in 2000. Her first single "Born To Fly" hit the number one spot and proved to be her biggest hit until "Suds in the Bucket." The hits kept coming in as her next single "I Could Not Ask For More" hit the number two spot. "Saints and Angels," Evans' favorite song on the album, hit the number sixteen spot and the last single "I Keep Looking" made it to the number five spot. Thus far, the album has been certified double platinum.
Evans led the pack as the most nominated artist at the 2001 Country Music Association awards with seven nominations, and won her first CMA award when her song “Born to Fly” won the award for Video of the Year.
In 2003 Evans released Restless. This album showed her versatility as the songs combined different genres such as country, pop, blues, and soul. The album's first single "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" went to number sixteen. The next single, "Perfect," went to number two. The next single "Suds in the Bucket" went to number one and became her biggest hit since "Born to Fly" and quickly became a fan favorite among her songs. The next single "Tonight" failed to reach the top 40. Restless has been certified platinum.
In 2004 Evans was the most played female singer on country music radio thanks to singles such as "Suds in the Bucket" and "Perfect."
In 2005, Sara Evans struck gold with the country ballad "A Real Fine Place to Start". With help from this single her album Real Fine Place was propelled to No.1 on the top of the country charts and No. 3 on the pop charts with over 130,000 copies sold in the first week, nearly tripling the sales from her last album debut Restless. Real Fine Place was the best debuting album of her career. The single from the album stood on top of the Billboard and Radio and Record Charts for two weeks. Evans was nominated for two CMA awards, including the prestigious "Female Vocalist of the Year" and prized "Musical Event of the Year" (the latter in part due to her duet with Brad Paisley, "New Again"). However, she lost in both categories. Sara went on the road with Brad Paisley and newcomers Sugarland on Brad's "Time Well Wasted Tour". Her current single "Cheatin'" has quickly become the fastest rising single of her career. Real Fine Place has recently been certified gold.
On December 6, 2005 Sara released Feels Like Home through Cracker Barrel stores. The album consists of alternate versions of some of her most memorable songs. For example, there is an acoustic version of "No Place That Far," a live version of "Born To Fly," and several other versions of her most popular songs.
You Don't
Sara Evans Lyrics
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When you look at me that way
You don't how my heart breaks
Everytime you say my name
You don't see all the tears
That i cry in the dark
You don't hear how i pray
That you're safe when we're apart
How you steal a piece of my soul
You don't know how it feels
To be the one who loves the most
How hard it is not to beg you to stay
Then watch you go
Oh, you say it's all in my head
But to me it seems so real
No, you don't know how it feels
You might think you do
But you don't
Hey!
And everytime we kiss you don't know
How you steal a piece of my soul
You don't know how it feels
To be the one who loves the most
How hard it is not to beg you to stay
Then watch you go
Oh, you say it's all in my head
But to me it seems so real
No, you don't know it feels
You might think you do
But you don't
No, you don't know how it feels
You might think you do
But you don't
Sara Evans’ song “You Don’t” is a lamentation to unrequited love. The lyrics express a sense of sadness and frustration towards the loved one who doesn’t understand how their actions affect the singer. The first verse exposes the different disconnects and misunderstandings between the singer and the person she’s in love with. Even though the loved one might see how much the singer is affected by them, they don’t really comprehend the depths of their impact. The lyric “Every time we kiss you don't know how you steal a piece of my soul” is a powerful image of the loved one taking a part of her soul without realizing it.
The second verse reiterates how difficult it is to be the one who loves the most, as the singer has to watch their loved one leave even though she wishes they would stay. She desperately tries to convince them that the feelings she has are real, even though the loved one believes it’s all in her head. The overall message behind the song is that it’s hard to move on from someone who doesn’t know how much they mean to you, and how they affect you. The song implies that without understanding and validation, it’s impossible to heal from the pain of unrequited love.
Line by Line Meaning
You don't know what you do
You are not aware of how your actions affect me
When you look at me that way
Your gaze makes me feel vulnerable and exposed
You don't how my heart breaks
You have no idea how much pain I feel inside
Everytime you say my name
Even just hearing your voice is enough to make me emotional
You don't see all the tears
I cry in secret where you can't witness my pain
That I cry in the dark
I don't want you to see how much you have hurt me
You don't hear how i pray
I pray for your safety and well-being even when we're apart
That you're safe when we're apart
I worry about you and hope you are doing well even when we're not together
Everytime we kiss you don't know
You are unaware of how much of an impact every kiss has on me
How you steal a piece of my soul
Every time we kiss, it feels like you are taking a part of me with you
You don't know how it feels
You lack empathy and cannot understand my pain
To be the one who loves the most
I love you more than you love me, and that puts me in a vulnerable position
How hard it is not to beg you to stay
It takes a lot of effort for me to control my emotions and not beg you to stay with me
Then watch you go
It is painful for me to see you leave, even if I don't express it
Oh, you say it's all in my head
You diminish my feelings and deny the reality of our relationship
But to me it seems so real
My emotions are valid, and I feel them strongly
You might think you do
You believe you understand how I feel
But you don't
In reality, you are clueless about the depth of my emotions
No, you don't know how it feels
You cannot comprehend the amount of hurt I am experiencing
You might think you do
You assume that you can relate to my situation
But you don't
In reality, your understanding of my pain is limited and incomplete
No, you don't know how it feels
You cannot fully grasp the magnitude of my emotions
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