Jason Aldean

Released: April 7, 2009

Songwriter: Jim Collins Neil Thrasher Wendell Mobley

Producer: Michael Knox

[Verse 1]
At the corner café… she scrapes some quarters off the table
Says thanks, yeah now maybe I'll be able
To get that black Mercedes I've been savin' for
Aw, the other girls say you oughta undo a couple buttons
Start showin' off a little somethin'
She says, naw, you go 'head, think I'd rather stay poor
See I'm just makin' rent
She said, this ain't where my road ends

[Chorus]
This may not be my town, but it'll do for now
'Til I can figure out who I am and where I'm goin'
She's slingin' eggs and bacon, with a college education
Just hangin' out and waitin' for a better plan, she's ok not knowin'
She's young, and the world's wide open

[Verse 2]
There's a rusty old ford
Lives out back behind the diner
Sittin' there waitin' on her
To make her mind up
Itchin' to sling a little gravel
Take her who know where
Maybe head out west
It's in God's hands I guess

[Chorus]
This may not be my town, but it'll do for now
'Til I can figure out who I am and where I'm goin'
She's slingin' eggs and bacon, with a college education
Just hangin' out and waitin' for a better plan, she's ok not knowin'
She's young, and the world's wide open

[Outro]
She throws down that apron
Takes the money she's been makin'
Her life's out there waitin'
Got a better plan
That's where she's goin' (goin', goin')
She's young, and the world's wide open

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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