Nashville, TN – Today, songstress Alecia Nugent is releasing the heartfelt “Way Too Young For Wings” to Country radio at the same time that Texas programmers will receive the two-step delight, “Tell Fort Worth I Said Hello.” Both songs are from her critically-acclaimed, Keith Stegall-produced CD, THE OLD SIDE OF TOWN, which Knight-Ridder writer Keith Lawrence proclaimed “the best Country album I have heard in decades.”
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained,” laughs Alecia. “It’s a bit different for me – and it is a little risky ‘cause you never want to split your audience,” she notes. “But the two songs are so different, and the Texas market is a world of its own, so I’m all for jumping in and seeing what flies.”
“Way Too Young For Wings” should certainly “fly” at Country radio. The song, which enjoyed a global premiere on Roughstock, is sung with a “state of grace” emotional tenor. Written about the loss of her daughter’s high school sweetheart, the heart-breaking ballad offers a near-universal truth: we are all too young for wings.
I never thought I’d see ya here before me
You’re a sight for these sore eyes to behold
I wish that I could take your place this morning
This ain’t the way that life’s supposed to go
Way too young for wings
You never even had a chance to chase a dream
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, but I’ll always believe
You were Way too young for wings (A. Nugent, J. Leblanc, J. Stegall, B. Maher)
“Tell Fort Worth I Said Hello” kicks off with an emotive fiddle riff, and two-steps the listener into another place and time. Delivered exclusively via CDX, it’s an unapologetically Country song and should appeal to Texas programmers and listeners alike.
Did I hear you say you’re from the lone star state
I’ve got some real good memories of that place
I left a real fine cowboy there when I rode away
So please do me a favor when you get back out that way
Tell Fort Worth I said hello
Say you met someone in Tennessee a girl he used to know
That town and him those times back when, just won’t let me go
So when you get back to Texas, tell Fort Worth I said hello (A. Nugent, L. Cordle, K. Denney)
Physical albums are available on Nugent’s website, and digital copies can be purchased via Spotify, iTunes / Apple Music.