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"If You Hadn't Happened to Me

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Jimmy Dunne
Jan 08, 2022
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I wrote this song with my longtime collaborator and friend, Paul Overstreet.

I can’t speak enough about the quality of a guy Paul is — and to his gifts as a songwriter.

He’s been BMI’s “Songwriter of the Year” for five years (the all-time record), and a boatload of hits.

We wrote this imagining waking up in the morning, looking out your window — and realizing what that partner in your life means to you.

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