Country music star Sara Evans has been chosen to receive the 2018 Service to America Leadership Award from the NAB Education Foundation (NABEF). The entertainer will accept the award at NABEF’s Celebration of Service to America Awards on June 12th in Washington, D.C.
The Service to America Leadership Award recognizes individuals and organizations responsible for improving the lives of others through extraordinary public service. It is considered NABEF’s highest individual honor.
In addition to her country music career, the Missouri native serves as a Red Cross ambassador and in 2008 was presented with the disaster-relief organization’s national Crystal Cross award for her advocacy efforts. Also, she recently raised more than $10,000 for the CMA Foundation, which helps fund quality and sustainable music education programs throughout the nation.
“Sara Evans continues to grace the country music charts with her stunning voice and lyrical authenticity to the delight of fans everywhere,” shared NABEF President Marcellus Alexander in a statement. “She also gives voice to a diverse group of causes working to make our world a better place. It is an honor to present her with NABEF’s highest award.”
Evans has also provided support for groups such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Children’s Miracle Network, Alabama Forever, and the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham.
Congrats to Sara on being recognized with this honor! Enjoy the star’s official “Marquee Sign” music video below. The track served as the first single off of her latest album, Words, which dropped in July 2017. Listen closely, the track also touts background vocals from her teenage daughter Olivia.
“Marquee Sign” Lyrics
I wish you were a pack of cigarettes
Cause you would of come with a warning
Before I let you steal my breath
I woulda known how bad you were for me
Some people lie
Some people trust
Some people hide
What they’re made of
If you woulda been lit up like a marquee sign
Coulda saved myself some wasted time
From the minute I found you
If it’d been written out in black and white
Maybe then I would have told my mind
Not to get wrapped around you
I should have known it from the start
You were only here to break my heart
If you had just been tequila
I would’ve known when to stop
Woulda been so easy to leave ya
Never even woulda taken a shot
But people lie
And people trust
And people hide
What they’re made of
If you woulda been lit up like a marquee sign
Coulda saved myself some wasted time
From the minute I found you
If it’d been written out in black and white
Maybe then i would have told my mind
Not to get wrapped around you
I should have known it from the start
You were only here to break my heart
Lit up like a marquee sign
Lit up like a marquee sign
If I could have seen right through ya
Known ya before I knew ya
If you woulda been lit up like a marquee sign
Coulda saved myself some wasted time
From the minute I found you
If it’d been written out in black and white
Maybe then i would have told my mind
Not to get wrapped around you
I should have known it from the start
You were only here to break my heart
Yeah, you were only here to break my heart
Lit up like a marquee sign
Woah, oh
Lit up like a marquee sign
Woah, oh
Lit up like a marquee sign
Woah, oh, hey
Lit up like a marquee sign
Woah, oh
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