Patricia Lynn Yearwood was born in Monticello, Georgia to Jack and Gwen Yearwood, and developed her musical talent in Nashville, Tennessee, where she interned as a receptionist for the local company MTM Records.
Garth Brooks and Yearwood first met in October 1987 recording demos for songwriter Kent Blazy. The two immediately hit it off as friends, and pledged whoever made it big first would help the other out. When Garth landed a major tour in 1991, he brought Trisha along to open all of his shows. Even when they became two of the biggest country stars of the 1990s, they remained close friends.
Yearwood's self-titled debut album was released in 1991, and the lead single, "She's in Love with the Boy," went to the top of the country charts, making her an instant star. Yearwood secured similar success with the 1992 release of "Hearts in Armor", which featured the hit singles “Wrong Side of Memphis,” and “Woman Walk the Line”.
The title track of 1993's "The Song Remembers When" went to number two, and she followed it with a Christmas album, "The Sweetest Gift", in 1994; that year, she also won her first Grammy award. In 1995, Yearwood released her fourth studio album, "Thinkin' About You". The lead single, "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Country Chart, her first #1 since her debut single, followed by her third #1 single, "Thinkin' About You". Yearwood performed at the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
In 1997, Yearwood issued her first compilation, "(Songbook) A Collection of Hits", which became her first album to top the country charts and also reached the pop Top Five. She won a Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy for “How Do I Live”. Yearwood's two additional new singles from her Songbook album were major hits, "Perfect Love", which peaked at #1, and a duet with Brooks, "In Another's Eyes". Yearwood was also named "Top Female Vocalist" in 1997 by the Academy of Country Music and won the "Female Vocalist of the Year" award from the Country Music Association in 1997 and 1998.
In 1998, Yearwood won her third Grammy and released her next all-new album, "Where Your Road Leads". Yearwood was inducted into the famed and historic Grand Ole Opry in 1999, cementing her status as a true icon in country music. 2000's "Real Live Woman" was a more personal outing that reflected some of her heartbreak and turmoil caused by her divorce from her husband at the time. She released her eighth studio album in 2001, "Inside Out". The lead single, "I Would've Loved You Anyway" became a Top 5 Country hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Country Chart in 2001 and became her first Top 10 since 1999, and her last single to reach the Top 10 to date. Yearwood also played Lt. Cmdr. Teresa Coulter on the TV show JAG as a Navy coroner and forensic pathologist who aids JAG on several cases (seasons 3-7, 7 episodes).
After a three year hiatus from recording albums, Yearwood released her ninth studio album "Jasper County" in 2005. The album was a return to a more country sound than her last several studio recordings. The first single, "Georgia Rain," set the tone for the album, with Yearwood altering the lyrics to pay homage to her home, singing about "the Georgia rain on the Jasper County clay."
In late 2006, Yearwood announced she was parting ways with MCA Records. MCA then released a "Greatest Hits" CD on September 11, 2007. The album features two new songs, plus fifteen other tracks covering her career from 1991-2001. MCA also released "Love Songs" on January 15, 2008; an album made up of previously released tracks from her prior MCA albums. Yearwood's tenth album, "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love", was released by independent Nashville label Big Machine Records in November 2007, and spawned 3 singles, with the title track peaking at #19 on the Billboard Country Chart.
Yearwood has won three Grammy Awards among several nominations. She has also won the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards for Best Female Performer (CMA: 1997, 1998; ACM: 1997).
She married her first husband, Christopher Latham, in 1987 but the two divorced in 1991. Trisha married Robert Reynolds, the bass player for The Mavericks, on May 21, 1994, and they divorced in 1999.
On May 25, 2005, Yearwood became engaged to fellow country superstar and longtime friend Garth Brooks in front of 7,000 fans. On December 10, 2005, they were married in a private ceremony at the couple's home in Owasso, Oklahoma. It was Brooks' second marriage and Yearwood's third. Brooks has three daughters from his first marriage--Taylor, August, and Allie.
Trisha hit the country charts in 2006 with a duet with her husband called "Love Will Always Win". It was the fifth duet the couple has recorded; the others were "In Another's Eyes," "Where Your Road Leads," "Wild as the Wind," and "Squeeze Me In."
Yearwood lives on a ranch in Owasso, Oklahoma with husband Brooks and his three daughters. When she's not touring, she enjoys cooking, hiking, and reading. In April 2008, she released a cookbook entitled "Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen".
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How Do I Live
Trisha Yearwood Lyrics
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Get through one night without you?
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh, and I
I need you in my arms need you to hold
You're my world my heart my soul
If you ever leave
Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There'd be no world left for me
And I
Baby, I don't know what I would do
I'd be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby, you would take away everything real in my life
And tell me now
How do I live without you?
I want to know
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?
If you ever leave
Baby, you would take away everything
I need you with me
Baby, 'cause you know that you're everything good in my life
And tell me now
How do I live without you?
I want to know
How do I breathe without you?
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?
How do I live, without you baby?
Trisha Yearwood's song "How Do I Live" is a power ballad that expresses the intense need and overwhelming sense of loss that arises from the thought of losing someone beloved. The song explores the emotions of a person who cannot imagine life without their partner and wonders how they can survive if they ever leave. The lyrics are deeply personal and convey a sense of vulnerability, desperation and the aching need for love and intimacy.
Throughout the song, the singer expresses their inability to function without their partner. They cannot imagine a life without their love, and the thought of it is devastating. In the first verse, they ask how they can get through one night without their partner and worry about what kind of life they would have without them. The loss would be too much to bear. They continue to express their need for their partner and the fact that they are everything good in their life. They feel as though they would be lost without them.
The chorus is where the emotional weight of the song really hits. They ask how they can live without their partner, how they can breathe without them, and how they can ever survive if they leave. These are rhetorical questions, of course, as the singer cannot imagine the answers. They are pleading for their partner to stay, expressing their intense love and need for them.
Overall, "How Do I Live" is a raw and emotional plea for love and connection. It speaks to the intensity of human emotions and the powerful need for intimacy and connection.
Line by Line Meaning
How do I
Expressing the artist's feelings of indecisiveness and confusion.
Get through one night without you?
Asking how the artist is supposed to live without their loved one.
If I had to live without you
Contemplating a life without the person the artist loves.
What kind of life would that be?
Rhetorical question emphasizing hypothetical emptiness without their loved one.
Oh, and I
Intensifying the artist’s feelings of love and dependency.
I need you in my arms need you to hold
Expressing the artist’s longing to embrace their loved one.
You're my world, my heart, my soul
Stating the artist’s deepest and strongest feelings about their loved one.
If you ever leave
Expressing the artist’s fear and despair of losing their loved one.
Baby, you would take away everything good in my life
Indicating that the artist’s entire life would be ruined without their loved one.
Without you
Stating the effect of the absence of the loved one.
There'd be no sun in my sky
Metaphorically describing how dull the world would be without their loved one.
There would be no love in my life
Indicating the importance of their loved one in their life.
There'd be no world left for me
Underscoring how their loved one completes their world.
Baby, I don't know what I would do
Expressing the fear of the unknown if their loved one were to leave.
I'd be lost if I lost you
Stating how the artist would feel if they lost their loved one.
Baby, you would take away everything real in my life
Indicating that losing their loved one would strip away the artist’s sense of reality.
And tell me now
Expressing the artist’s desire for a response or resolution from their loved one.
How do I live without you?
Reiterating the central dilemma of the song – the fear of life without the loved one.
I want to know
Emphasizing how important it is for the artist to know what life without their loved one would be.
How do I breathe without you?
Using breathing as a metaphor for life, expressing the fear of living without their loved one.
If you ever go
Reiterating the fear of their loved one leaving.
How do I ever, ever survive?
Up the stakes of the song, pleading for a solution to life without their loved one.
How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?
Repeating the central question of the song, expressing the ultimate fear of living without their loved one.
I need you with me
Highlighting the importance of the loved one in the artist’s life.
Baby, 'cause you know that you're everything good in my life
Affirming that their loved one is the source of all their joy and happiness in life.
How do I live without you?
Reiterating the central dilemma of the song – the fear of life without the loved one.
I want to know
Emphasizing how important it is for the artist to know what life without their loved one would be.
How do I breathe without you?
Using breathing as a metaphor for life, expressing the fear of living without their loved one.
If you ever go
Reiterating the fear of their loved one leaving.
How do I ever, ever survive?
Up the stakes of the song, pleading for a solution to life without their loved one.
How do I, how do I, oh, how do I live?
Repeating the central question of the song, expressing the ultimate fear of living without their loved one.
How do I live, without you baby?
Repeating the title of the song, summarizing the artist’s fear of living without their loved one.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Realsongs
Written by: Diane Warren
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@MsTigress66
My hubby died 7 months ago and hearing this beautiful song makes me think of our 62yrs together..a wonderful journey together.
@norlelanoordin2089
Zema McMillan my hubby passed away 4 months ago. I miss him so dearly n just couldnt control my tears each time i think of him. I will never find one in a million as loving, patient n caring like him. I love him so much
@-AgungDwiPutraBarmo-B-
+62 ??
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@cherylsmith1186
Beautiful journey. God bless you
@ianredaborot9608
❤
@xONLYFEET
Lost my twin sister a few months ago to brain cancer and think of her whenever I hear this song. I hit 30 years old last week Sis! I am struggling, but I'll hang in here to keep the memory of you alive in peoples' hearts. You were and will always be my better half, Sis. <3
@angi4761
God Bless you 🙏🏽 ❤️
@famillensabimana7821
So sorry for your loss , may God bring you peace of heart and may your lovely sis rest in peace too❤
@doublea3241
Sorry for your loss. 🙏🏾