"She Didn't Have Time" is a song written by

Pat Bunch Pat Bunch is an American country music songwriter. Much of her earlier chart hits resulted from collaborations with fellow songwriters Mary Ann Kennedy and Pam Rose Pam Rose is an American country music songwriter. In her career, she has been ...

and Nicole Witt, and recorded by Canadian

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artist

Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark, born August 5, 1968, is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...

. It was released in July 2005 as the lead-off single from her album '' Life Goes On''. The song was Clark's fourteenth Top 20 hit on the Canadian country charts, reaching a peak of number 15.

Content

"She Didn't Have Time" is a mid-tempo country ballad, backed primarily with steel guitar and fiddle. The song describes a narrator's struggles of being left to care for her baby after the man in her life walks out. Later, when the child is older, friends advise her to get out of the house and meet someone new, but "she didn't have time." Then she gets a flat tire and has coffee with the repairman, who happens to love kids, and they fall in love that night.

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a positive review, saying that it was "A fully believable and flawlessly told story about a single mom getting by."

Music video

A music video was released for the song, directed by

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. In the video, Clark is shown in a room with black-and-white photos hanging down on strings. The photos are of the characters in the story; the video switches between the still pictures and scenes of the woman being left by her husband, taking care of her child, and talking to the repairman.

Chart performance

"She Didn't Have Time" debuted at number 44 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart for the week of August 6, 2005. It reached a peak of number 25 in December 2005.

References

{{Terri Clark 2005 singles 2005 songs Terri Clark songs Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy Country ballads Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore Song recordings produced by James Stroud Mercury Records singles Songs written by Pat Bunch