“You always see the best in me/Your loving arms have cradled me/You held me close, and I believe/I wouldn’t be here/If you hadn’t been there,” she sings on the track.

Dolly Parton's late husband, Carl Dean, died this week. He inspired some of her biggest songs, including a new one. "If You Hadn't Been There" is Parton's ode to Dean and their six decades together.

The song, ‘If You Hadn't Been There’, is a ballad of gratitude and enters the pantheon of gorgeous, big-hearted Parton ballads. In it, she asks who or where she would be without him, singing ...

"You made me drеam / More than I dared," she sings over piano and strings. "And I wouldn't be hеre / If you hadn't been there." "I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old.

They're universal. " If there hadn't been you where would I be / If there hadn't been you here for me / I made it through times I never would've made it through / If there hadn't been you," Dean ...

They live on in memory and song. He will always be the star of my life story, and I dedicate this song to him. ‘If You Hadn’t Been There’ View all 16,102 comments ...

Days after the death of her husband of nearly six decades, Carl Dean, Dolly Parton revealed her new song “If You Hadn’t Been There,” announcing it on Instagram, with a photo of the couple.

CHANG: "If You Hadn't Been There" is Parton's ode to Dean and their six decades of marriage, as NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports. ISABELLA GOMEZ SARMIENTO, BYLINE: Dolly Parton moved to ...