Lee Brice admits there were two people in line ... that maybe guys don't know how to say," Brice explains. "Like 'I Don't Dance' or 'Hard to Love' ... it's another one of those for me." ...

Lee Brice has parlayed his stellar songwriting ... to write and find unusually compelling songs like his 2014 hit, "I Don't Dance," have placed him at the forefront of the younger generation ...