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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On A Bus To St. Cloud
Trisha Yearwood Lyrics
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I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down around you
Like a silent prayer
And once on a street in New York City
With the jazz and the sin in the air
And once on a cold L.A. freeway
Going nowhere
I was sure it was you
Just a face in the crowd
On a bus to St. Cloud
In a church in downtown New Orleans
I got down on my knees and prayed
And I wept in the arms of Jesus
For the choice you made
We were just gettin' to the good part
Just gettin' past the mystery
Oh, and it's just like you, it's just like you
To disagree
And it's strange but it's true
You just slipped out of view
Like a face in the crowd
On a bus to St. Cloud
And you chase me like a shadow
And you haunt me like a ghost
And I hate you some, and I love you some
But I miss you most
On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down around you
Like a silent prayer
The lyrics to Trisha Yearwood's "On a Bus to St. Cloud" are a haunting tale of lost love and missed opportunities. The verses describe various locations where the singer thinks she sees her former lover, hinting at a life filled with missed connections and moments of heartache. The first verse mentions seeing the person on a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota, surrounded by falling snow "like a silent prayer." The second verse references several cities - New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles - each with its own atmospheric details. In each instance, the singer is convinced she sees her lost love, but the person quickly fades away "like a face in the crowd."
The chorus of the song adds to the melancholy tone, with a hint of bitterness and regret. The singer acknowledges that the relationship was complicated and that she both loved and hated the person. However, she can't shake the sense of loss and longing that haunts her. The repeated mention of St. Cloud reinforces the idea of a missed connection or lost opportunity, as if the bus to that small town is a symbol of fate or chance.
Overall, the lyrics to "On a Bus to St. Cloud" are a poignant and beautifully written reflection on love, loss, and missed chances. The imagery is evocative and bittersweet, capturing the feeling of seeing someone you used to love and feeling both drawn to and haunted by them. It's a powerful reminder of how deeply love can affect us, even long after the relationship has ended.
Line by Line Meaning
On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
The singer is on a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota and is reminiscing about times she has thought she saw the person she's singing about.
I thought I saw you there
The singer thought she saw the person she's singing about while on the bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota.
With the snow falling down around you
The person the singer thought she saw was surrounded by falling snow, making the scene peaceful and prayer-like.
Like a silent prayer
The falling snow around the person the singer thought she saw resembled a silent prayer.
And once on a street in New York City
The singer saw the person she's singing about once on a street in New York City.
With the jazz and the sin in the air
The setting in New York City was filled with both jazz music and a sense of sin or wrongdoing.
And once on a cold L.A. freeway
The singer saw the person she's singing about once on a cold L.A. freeway.
Going nowhere
The L.A. freeway the singer saw the person on was not leading anywhere.
And it's strange, but it's true
The singer finds it odd, but real, that she keeps thinking she sees the person she's singing about in various places.
I was sure it was you
The singer was confident that the person she saw was the one she's singing about.
Just a face in the crowd
Despite being sure she saw the person she's singing about, they were just one of many faces in a crowd.
In a church in downtown New Orleans
The singer was in a church in downtown New Orleans when she prayed for the person she's singing about.
I got down on my knees and prayed
The singer shows her respect by getting down on her knees while praying for the person she's singing about.
And I wept in the arms of Jesus
The singer cried while feeling embraced in the arms of Jesus.
For the choice you made
The singer cried and prayed for the person she's singing about due to a choice that they made.
We were just gettin' to the good part
The relationship or situation the singer had with the person she's singing about was just getting better.
Just gettin' past the mystery
The singer and the person she's singing about were just figuring things out, moving past the mystery.
Oh, and it's just like you, it's just like you
The singer knows the person she's singing about well and their actions are not surprising to her.
To disagree
The person the singer is singing about tends to disagree or go against what others are thinking or feeling.
You just slipped out of view
The person the singer is singing about is no longer visible or present in her life.
Like a face in the crowd
The person the singer is singing about is now like any other face in a crowd, not standing out to her anymore.
And you chase me like a shadow
The person the singer is singing about still follows her, like a shadow.
And you haunt me like a ghost
The singer feels haunted by the person she's singing about, as if they are a ghost from her past.
And I hate you some, and I love you some
The singer has mixed feelings towards the person she's singing about, sometimes hating them and other times loving them.
But I miss you most
Despite the mixed feelings the singer has, what she misses the most is the person she's singing about.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GRETCHEN PETERS
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@patrickhenderson4926
I love you so much , Trisha! I hope you know how many lives you have touched with your voice.
I have sung this countless times with my own lyrics, because they all happened:
On a bus to Northstar, California
I thought I saw you standing there
With the snow falling down
Around like a silent prayer.
And on Spring Break in New Orleans
With the jazz and the sin in the air
And once on a cold LA freeway
Going nowhere.
And it's strange but it's true
I was sure it was you
Just some dude by his car
On the bus to Northstar
In a temple outside Sapporo
I got on my knees to meditate
And wound up weeping at the foot of Buddha
For the choice you made.
We were just gettin' to the good part
Just gettin' past the mystery
Oh, and it's just like you
It's just like you to disagree.
And it's strange but it's true
You just slipped out of view
Like that dude by his car
On a bus to Northstar
And you chase me like a shadow
And you haunt me like a ghost
And I hate you some and I love you some
But I miss you most.
--- Instrumental ---
On a bus to Northstar, California
I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down
Around like a silent prayer...
@Macwench2006
On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down around you
Like a silent prayer
And once on a street in New York City
With the jazz and the sin in the air
And once on a cold L.A. freeway
Going nowhere
And it's strange, but it's true
I was sure it was you
Just a face in the crowd
On a bus to St. Cloud
In a church in downtown New Orleans
I got down on my knees and prayed
And I wept in the arms of Jesus
For the choice you made
We were just gettin' to the good part
Just gettin' past the mystery
Oh, and it's just like you, it's just like you
To disagree
And it's strange but it's true
You just slipped out of view
Like a face in the crowd
On a bus to St. Cloud
And you chase me like a shadow
And you haunt me like a ghost
And I hate you some, and I love you some
But I miss you most
On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down around you
Like a silent prayer
Songwriters: GRETCHEN PETERS
© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
@tc247
Hello Donald. You wrote me because of my comment on the song by Trisha Yearwood, " On a Bus to St. Cloud"
I've been very happily married for 25 yrs to my 2nd husband.
Before he even came into my life I was in love with someone else and it just wasn't meant to be. God had other plans for me.
The other man before him was from St Cloud, MN. So when I hear this song once in a while, it does take me back in time to old memories. I think music does that to everyone. Like love and grief, happiness and sadness, music and lyrics touch our hearts and souls. When that person is gone for whatever reason, we have our memories and the songs that remind us of certain times in our lives. You're right, "we've all missed someone in a moment..." and so many of us HAVE BEEN on that Bus to St. Cloud.
Thank you for caring enough to write.
Many blessings to you David ~
Victoria
Santa Fe, NM USA
2/21/23
@pattyhaley2949
I just relate to this song so much. My Dad passed away 46 years ago and I still look in a crowd or anywhere I go thinking I might somehow catch a glimpse of his Sweet Face. You never stop longing for that great love that was taken so harshly in a blink of a eye. I Miss You Daddy 😢😢😢. I'll never stop looking....
@terrybarrow7639
My wife passed away yesterday and a friend
Sent me this song such a beautiful song
@JamesSterling
God, what a beautiful song! So sad, evoking lost love, regret, and what could have been. It makes this 71 year old man cry when I hear it. Thank you Gretchen Peter for writing it and thank you Trisha Yearwood for singing it so beautifully.
@reine7500
My best friend committed suicide over a year ago and this song resonates deeply with me. “I hate you so and I love so but I miss you most.” At one moment I hate him for what he’s put us through, another I remember everything we shared and treasure every second but I always miss him.
@marthazboril2504
I am so sorry for your loss. Sending love and prayers.
@keetahbrough
why hate him. you weren't there when he left? because you had no control? Look at your reasons why you would hate someone who was suffering so MUCH.. that he killed himself. Ask why there was nothing to help him stay here. Ask the entire WORLD why we haven't addressed SUICIDE yet. Suicide is the real pandemic so why aren't we getting daily numbers? Like we did with Covid. They're HIGHER then covid's numbers... guaranteed.
@patrickhenderson4926
God bless you.
@CorinneTheMountainGoatBlack
I tried, unsuccessfully,to take my life just before Christmas. I was due to be married this March
@darryljohnson4458
@@CorinneTheMountainGoatBlack hang in there life gets better even when we can't see it plus you would be missed by so many people you don't wanna cause them that kind of pain.
@cornstorm666
"And you chase me like a shadow and you haunt me like a ghost " I hate you so and I love you so..but I miss you most.