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I Hope I Love Them (Acoustic Demo)

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I Hope I Love Them - A A J Russe
Written sometime in 1989
Recorded 2nd March 2022
The Shoebox Demos Vol 1


This one has tugged at me for many many years.

I absolutely adored it from the moment I wrote it in 1989… But I thought it was too short (I think someone said “it will be really good when you’ve actually finished it” and I tended to believe people in those days).

I used the chords and some of the melody for other things a few years later. I sort of regretted that, but now I don’t really care.

It always kept calling me back, every time I sifted through the battered sheets of A4 looking for something to sing… and there it was.

I still know exactly what this was about. And, really… there was nothing more to say on the subject. It always was kind of complete.

A few years ago, when I was cataloguing and typing in some lyrics of old songs, this was high on the list. And as I typed it in I sort of decided it was finished as it is.

All I had to do was record it one day.


I Hope I Love Them - A A J Russe

They said they would but no-one came
I hope I love them anyway
It may be wrong the things they’ve done
I hope I love them when they’re gone

They all laughed when I fell down
Let them laugh - I’m not around
I hope I will not them down
I hope I love them

Some go fast and some go slow
How was I supposed to know
People say what they must say
I hope I love them anyway

Copyright (C) 1989 A A J Russe. All Rights Reserved.

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wilsun said

Poignant, affecting. Something everyone can relate to. I'm glad you were able to revisit this old song, and I also hope recording it was cathartic.

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Greg Connor said

Sparse and beautiful

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Luigi said

Hauntingly sad and beautiful

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Day 13 said

Great tune Andrew. we held back on a few old ideas too. i'm glad you put it out there

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