ITunes syncs, but doesn't sync new songs.

When I click on sync while connected via USB, it syncs fine, but it's not syncing the new music. This is while set to automatically sync everything that's checked and the new music is selected.
I've tried restarting iTunes, turning the iPhone off and back on, and searched around online for solutions, but they all say to switch settings.. which I can't do.
If I click on "sync music" under iPhone>Music, it wants to delete everything first. If I try to switch to a manual sync, it also wants to delete everything. This is the same computer, same apple ID, same iTunes library, that has always been used with this iPhone. There isn't anything on it from another iTunes library that it should want to delete. How on earth am I supposed to sync the music if it won't do it automtically like it's supposed to but I can't switch settings without deleting everything on my iPhone and re-syncing all nearly 17GB worth of 3,000+ plus songs, pictures, apps, and podcasts just to add 5 new ones?

See if your Touch is set for "Manually manage music and video" (connect ot iTunes, look at the iPod's summary page). If so, then any changes you make in iTunes will not sync to the Touch -- that includes new music you add to iTunes, and changes you make to your library. If your iPod is in manual mode then you need to manually add new music, and if you change your library in any way you need to manually add the updated song(s) and delete the original version(s) on your Touch.
If you don't want your iPod in manual mode, un-check the "Manually manage music and video" option in iTunes and click the Apply button. You will then be able to synchronize your Touch to iTunes.

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