It's easier to abandon hope It's easier to walk away It's easier to win this fight By turning around and running away If we try this time We just might find a way To make it happen We just might find We have the words to say You were…

If we take a moment Ignore what divides us two Just take a moment What would we see Would I see a brother Might I be your friend Might there be more that binds us hand in hand Between you and me are the same old songs Between you and me…

If I'm out of words to brighten up your day All that's left of us is rust and decay Remember these moments more than just alive Think of these times when we thrived If the sun ceases to shine forever runs out of time If we're all out…

This is how these things start My sad excuse for a work of art Put in the effort, set the pace Hardly anyone listens anyways Years of this takes its toll Only few ever know All this work done in haste A whole month gone to waste

The Feast - A A J Russe Written 26th September 1985 Recorded 3rd March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** This one's been sticking out of the shoebox for a long long while. It always shows up in a list of maybes. And it did this time…

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…

I Want You To Know - A A J Russe Written 21st June 1987 Recorded 6th March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** This was to the same lady who inspired Foolishness. There's a couple of others from the same period, related to her, that will…

Isn't This Fun - A A J Russe Written 1980 (Completed 16th June 1991) Recorded 6th March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** I wrote most of this in my first year at university. But the Shoebox says I completed it 16/06/1991 - and the…

Gates Of Heaven - A A J Russe Written 15th January 1988 Recorded 6th March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** This is about as naked as I can get. This is how I wrote it. It's never had any accompaniment. I was a bit young to sing…

Just To Make It What You Want - A A J Russe Written 1st October 2016 Recorded 4th March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** I was going to choose a more uptempo one next, then this one jumped out of the shoebox at us, shouting "me me ME…