Jason Aldean

Released: October 16, 2012

Songwriter: Tyler Hubbard Canaan Smith

Producer: Michael Knox

[Verse 1]
She puts on her work clothes, fishnet pantyhose
She is got a nickname everybody knows at the gentlemen's club
She clocks in at midnight, even though it never feels right
Makes her money one dollar at a time
Without the makeup, nobody knows her name
And she wears the pain

[Chorus]
Black tears, rolling down
From the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
She reveals, and they all cheer
And then she cries, black tears

[Verse 2]
Jealous of the innocent, sometimes she is convinced
The boss man is still a friend she needs
She's tried everything, cheap sex and cocaine
Anything to hide the pain for a little while
The wrong kind of famous in her momma's eyes
You can tell she knows it when she cries

[Chorus]
Black tears, rolling down
From the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
White lights on the mirror
Just won't hide, black tears

[Bridge]
She tries and tries so hard to get away
But everybody is watching

[Chorus]
Black tears, rolling down
From the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
If all the pain would just disappear
She'd quit crying, yeah she'd quit crying
Black tears

After almost 15 years at the top of his format, reigning ACM “Artist of the Decade” Jason Aldean has seen trends come and go. Hell, he helped bring a few out of the shadows, like a Country-music Columbus making the mainstream’s first contact with hard rock (“Hicktown”), hip-hop (“Dirt Road Anthem”), and R&B (“Burnin’ It Down”). For 9, Aldean’s ninth studio project, he offers 16 interwoven tracks in an era of stand-alone singles and superstar EPs, holding his ground for a modern album with an old-school soul. A three-time ACM Entertainer of the Year, Aldean’s a card-carrying member of the Country’s elite headliners whose incendiary tours are nearing legendary status. Also a dominant force on the charts, he’s scored 23 Number Ones and notably, all eight of Aldean’s previous studio albums have been certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA. He’s the only Country act in history to top the all-genre Billboard 200 four times (in a row, no less), racking up four billion streams and more than 18 million albums sold along the way.

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