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What He Didn’t Do Lyrics

[Verse 1]Everybody's asking what the hell happenedWondering why it all went wrongMama always said, "If you can't say something niceThen don't say anything at all"I've got my side of the story and he's got his side, tooSo I ain't gonna go and tell you what he didBut I'll tell you what he didn't do[Chorus]Treat me right, put me first, be a man of his wordStay home 'cause he wanted toAlways fight for my love, hold on tight like it's somethingThat he couldn't stand to loseThe devil's in the detailsI won't tell the hell that he put me throughAll I know is in the еnd, it wasn't what he did, noIt was what he didn't do[Verse 2]I'm already halfway ovеr him and I ain't taking time to turn aroundSo I'mma take the high road, even though we both knowI could run him out of this townThat's just dirty laundry, I don't need to wear the truthSo I ain't gonna tell you everything he didBut I'll tell you what he didn't doSee Carly Pearce LiveGet tickets as low as $62You might also like[Chorus]Treat me right, put me first, be a man of his wordStay home 'cause he wanted toAlways fight for my love, hold on tight like it's somethingThat he couldn't stand to loseThe devil's in the detailsI won't tell the hell that he put me throughAll I know is in the end, it wasn't what he did, noIt was what he didn't do[Bridge]I ain't met the right one yet, but I know when I do[Chorus]He'll treat me right, put me first, be a man of his wordStay home 'cause he wanted toAlways fight for my love, hold on tight like it's somethingThat he can't stand to loseThe devil's in the detailsI won't tell the hell that he put me throughAll I know is in the end, it wasn't what he did, noIt was what he didn't doAll I know is in the end, it wasn't what he did, noIt was what he didn't do4EmbedCancel

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Carly Pearce didn’t initially realize how special her song “What He Didn’t Do,” the second song from album 29: Written in Stone was, according to her YouTube channel. After writing the “What He Didn’t Do” and performing it live (against the advice of her team), “someone put this video up on YouTube,” she explains.

Reflecting on the song and its story, Pearce said, “I’ve never had a song that just organically, socially — people asked for it in everything I do, whether it’s online or in a tweet or in a DM, or if I’m doing an interview. Radio stations have asked about it. I think that’s the power of — people may think that I write too much of my story, but for me, that’s my duty, and I feel like when I’m writing my story, I’m writing other people’s story, and this song proves it.”

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Ask a questionOfficial Lyric VideoGenius Answer2 contributors An official lyric video was uploaded through Carly Pearce's official YouTube channel on Sep 17, 2021.How has the song performed commercially?Genius Answer1 contributor

During the week ending January 14, 2023, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #67. During the week ending April 1, 2023, the song reached a new peak of #37.

The song has also peaked at #11 on the US Hot Country Songs chart.

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