Released: April 7, 2009

Songwriter: Neil Thrasher Wendell Mobley Jason Aldean

Producer: Michael Knox

[Verse 1]
This life is full of choices
Hard to make one
All the voices in my head
Those blue eyes I'm in love with
Or that highway whichever I pick
There'll be regrets
I go one way I lose everything
I go the other way same thing

[Chorus]
I'm torn and it's tearing me apart
I want to go but I don't want to break her heart
Like a sword with a double edged blade
It's going to cut deep either way
This little town (this little town), that big old world (that big old world)
Chase the dream or keep the girl

[Verse 2]
More than once I packed it all up (break down)
But I break down blame it on the truck
Just couldn't go (just couldn't)
Just want to be out there making my mark
Lay down every night in her arms

[Chorus]
I'm torn and it's tearing me apart
I want to go but I don't want to break her heart
Like a sword with a double edged blade
It's going to cut deep either way
This little town (this little town), that big old world (that big old world)
Chase the dream or keep the girl

[Bridge]
I don't know why I can't have it all
Need to tear down that wall
Between this little town, that big old world
Go chase my dream and keep the girl

[Chorus]
I'm torn and it's tearing me apart
I want to go but I don't want to break her heart
Like a sword with a double edged blade
It's going to cut deep either way
This little town (this little town), that big old world (that big old world)
Chase the dream or keep the girl

[Outro]
I want it all, keep the girl, hey

Jason Aldean

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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