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Wondering Where This Will End

by Drew Young

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Drew Young Single Release
“Wondering Where This Will End?”
Available on all digital formats-July 1st 2020

“Wondering Where This Will End?”

I don't think it is a time for questioning; it is a time for listening and reflection. In our pre-COVID world of meetings, traffic, and multi-tasking chaos, everyone seemed to be talking; now we have time to listen and it is beautiful.

In my home of New Orleans, in this “new world order," listening is front and center. The birds are singing louder (or so it seems); the laughter of children playing outside permeates everyday life; lone musicians play their instruments to appreciative passersby’s; families are gathered on porches talking loudly and cooling off. It is nice to see there is a still joy amidst this tumultuous backdrop, this quiet, weird chaos. For life during the wartime of COVID, we have collectively slowed down and that ain't a bad thing.

So I am proud to announce the release of “Wondering Where This Will End.” Written and recorded in Summer 2019 when pandemic was a tagline for passed-over Netflix films, the music for this song had been waving its way around in my brain for awhile. Every day, I picked my guitar up to play the melody but I didn’t know what the song was about. Now my ADHD brain has becalmed and the words came quickly, as if it was now quiet enough to literally hear myself think (finally!).This song is about listening to the world and realizing guidance can be found in the wind. The life lesson had seeped into my brain through the melody and now I realize my hands and life were not, are not, have never been entirely guided only by my own conscious thoughts. Here's how the song ends:

tell me now what you want from me
take my hands …
do what you want with me.

I recorded this song perched in a picturesque studio in the beautiful English countryside of Suffolk, UK. I was first introduced to Suffolk through the AMAZING Maverick Festival where I have played several shows and where I met my UK band mates. In between tea and cake with David Edward Booth, Kelly Bayfield, Kilbey Mears and Kevin Walford, we recorded this song in an afternoon. It was a magical recording experience and I do believe we channeled a wee bit of Nick Drake -- with gentle guitars, wistful vocals, pensive lyrics. Just put on a kettle, relax and listen to the song on the wind.

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Wondering Where This Will End
Lyrics and Music-Drew Young

It’s OK
I want you to say
The wind just blew us this way

On a dusty road
An open window
A hand on my back I had to know

A Friday night
The stars were bright
Opened my eyes a beautiful sight

Ahead of me
Was a golden tree
A ladder was hidden in the leaves

And all my friends
They give advice
They tell me
Better think twice
Wondering
Where this will end 2x

Looking for home
I lost my phone
I need to call someone

Where were you?
When the call came through
Did you hang up before you knew what to do?

And the voice was loud
And it broke through the crowd
Told me don’t be so proud

Stuck in the past
With rose colored glass
Don’t give up now get some gas

And all my friends
They Give advice
They tell me
Better think twice
Wondering
Where this will end 2x

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Tell me now what you want from me
Tell me now what you want from me
Tell me now what you want from me

Take my hand do what you want with me

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released July 1, 2020
Drew Young-Guitar/Vocals/Piano
David Edward Booth-Producer/Engineer/Guitar/BGV
Kevin Walford-Guitar/BGV
Kelly Bayfield-BGV
Kilbey Mears-Bass

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Drew Young New Orleans

Drew has been crossing the globe soaking up stories and translating the human experience into songs of longing, love, loss and learning. The music of Drew is a wholly original experience; some have called him the Americana Crooner. Refreshingly honest, defiantly original and always Mercurial and insightful, Drew’s music is sure to connect and resonate.Don't Miss Us On Tour bnds.us/osj1ks ... more

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