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Carly Pearce’s New Song Is About Hope And ‘Getting Smarter’

Carly Pearce announced her new single via Instagram: t’s a song she wrote called “What He Didn’t Do.” Carly posted about the new song on Instagram. She wrote, “Life goes…

Carly Pearce's New Song Is About Hope And' Getting Smarter'
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Carly Pearce announced her new single via Instagram: t's a song she wrote called "What He Didn't Do."

Carly posted about the new song on Instagram. She wrote, "Life goes on. You KNOW that when you're reeling…feeling like the fool and so hurt... but then there's a moment when those emotions start to clear. That's when you look in the mirror, and you ask yourself what happened and try to learn from your mistakes. That's where "What He Didn't Do" came from. To me, it's really a song of hope and trying to get smarter before moving forward."

She added, "I am so happy to announce that this song is being sent to Country radio today as my third single from 29: Written In Stone."

The chorus's lyrics include, "Treat me right, put me first, be a man of his word / Stay home 'cause he wanted to always fight for my love, hold on tight like it's something / That he couldn't stand to lose / The devil's in the details, I won't tell the hell that he put me through / All I know is in the end, it wasn't what he did, no, It was what he didn't do."

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.