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Stop Running Away
Brenda Russell Lyrics

Ooh-ooh...
Da-da-da-da-da, hey
Oh, yeah

Where did we go that moment?
Vapors and whispers linger
Something in the air that night
Something to be remembered
How do I tell a story
When they're no words to render?

Maybe it's a dream come true
But you won't quite surrender

Do we all stand guard till we drop?
It's so hard to fake a heart
Where we might fall in love too fast
And where would we be?
I'm asking you to

Stop running away
I'm not gonna bite you
We've got nothing to lose
And everything else to gain
So don't be afraid; be my friend
I will be there till the end, ooh

We were caught up in motion
Nothing could stop the fever
But by the time you came around
You were a non-believer
Ooh, you want to hide your feelings
But you can't hide forever
Oh, I hope someday you will be saved
From keeping it all together

Oh, do we all stand guard till we drop?
It's so hard to fake a heart
Oh, we might fall in love too fast
And where would we be?
I'm asking you to

Stop running away
I'm not gonna hurt you
Baby, life is just too short
To play those games
So don't be afraid; be my friend
I will be there till the end
Don't be afraid; be my friend
I will be there, oh, babe

Ooh-wee-ooh-wee-ooh, ooh-ooh

Oh, do we all stand guard till we drop?
It's so hard to fake a heart
Oh, we might fall in love too fast
And where would we be, yeah
Ooh, so I keep asking you to

Stop running away
I'm not gonna hurt you
No, life is just too short
To play those games, oh, yeah
So don't be afraid; be my friend
'Cause I will be there till the end
Don't be afraid; be my friend
I will be there, oh, baby

Don't be afraid, no, no, no
I'm gonna be here, baby
I'm a gonna, I'm a gonna be there
Ba-do-ba-do, ba-do-ba-do, ba-do-ba-do, ooh
Do-be-do-be-do-be, yeah, yeah

Don't be afraid; be my friend
'Cause I will be there till the end, oh, baby
Your friend, your friend
Your friend, your...

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Brenda Russell is an adult-contemporary singer-songwriter that hit the music scene in 1979 with her debut album "Brenda Russell". Her sister is rumoured to be none other than, Donna Summer, the queen of Disco. The release featured her her first hit song, "So Good So Right". The story goes, it came up while washing dishes and, still wearing an apron, she rushed to the piano wrote it down. The album also featured the hit "If Only for One Night" which was later famously covered by Luther Vandross. Read Full BioBrenda Russell is an adult-contemporary singer-songwriter that hit the music scene in 1979 with her debut album "Brenda Russell". Her sister is rumoured to be none other than, Donna Summer, the queen of Disco. The release featured her her first hit song, "So Good So Right". The story goes, it came up while washing dishes and, still wearing an apron, she rushed to the piano wrote it down. The album also featured the hit "If Only for One Night" which was later famously covered by Luther Vandross.

Brenda's greatest success came in 1988 with the release of her third album, "Get Here". It featured the hit singles "Get Here" and "Piano In The Dark". At the 31st Grammy Awards, Brenda was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female for "Get Here". "Piano In The Dark" was nominated for Song of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (there was a duet? -- duet vocal was by Joe Esposito of Brooklyn Dreams). "Get Here" was later a huge hit covered by Oleta Adams.

Nearly all of her songs were written by herself. Some of her compositions are also performed by others like Roberta Flack, Diana Ross, Patrice Rushen, Patti Austin, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Fantasia, Ruben Studdard, Justin Guarini, and very successfully by the aforementioned Luther Vandross and Oleta Adams.

Russell is also a chief songwriter and lyricist for the hit Broadway musical "The Color Purple". In 2005 she saw a Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, the show's score is written by Russell and lyricists-composers Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Russell and her co-writers were nominated for a Tony Award (for Best Score) and a Grammy Award (in the Best Musical Show Album category).