Listen and Love
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Drivin’ Down the Road Song (No. 1)
words & music by Doug Howell (19 Jul 1975) when You reach out your arms to meand take me to your heartI know that there will never bea time when we’re aparteach time I read your book I’m filledwith wonder through and throughthen even though You’re who You areYou love me like You do and…
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There’s a Difference (in the Way I Feel Today)
words & music by Doug Howell (3 Mar 1974) there’s a difference in the way I feel todayit’s not that I don’t know that you don’t love me like beforebut it just doesn’t hurt me like it used to anymorethere’s a difference in the way I feel today I can see the love light fading…
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Jesus Is Enough To Make Me Smile
words & music by Doug Howell (5 May 1975) lately I’ve been going through a rough, lonely timeI couldn’t get my eyes off of my dreamsbut even when my road becomes a long, hard climbHe’s there to take my hand and say“It’s brighter than it seems!” Jesus is enough to make me smilethe light of…
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For You To Live
words & music by Mark Minor and Doug Howell (22 Oct 1975) life holds no fearwhen in death there is victorythere’s no need to shed a fearwhen I think what Jesus did for mebefore Pilate’s mockeryHe could see what the end would beand now I know what He must have saidas He gave His life…
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Blessed Be His Name
words & music by Doug Howell (20 Mar 1976) blessed be His nameglory to His nameJesus holds all things in His handlet us praise His holy name (repeat chorus) even in our darknesswe know His love won’t failwhen the best that you can seem to feel is badso badHis love will show the waywhen those…
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I’ve Been Freed
Description Now available in digital format only. Doug’s second solo album offers more passionate songs revolving around faith and love. Recorded while he was with Good News Circle. Better production values than the first album, more help from other professional musicians, and more elaborate orchestrations. Lyrics and notes were originally included. Total playing time: 43:18…
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We Are His People
Description NOTE: This album is currently available as YouTube playlist only (see below). Contemporary Christian music album by Good News Circle, a midwest-based evangelistic singing group and ministry. GNC typically arranged interdenominational support for 5-night crusades in one public locale. This is the group’s second album on the Light Records label, LS-5701. GNC was comprised…
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Life Is Like a Melody
words & music by Doug Howell (7/73) Life is like a melodyrhythm and rhyme and harmonysweet and simple sunshine melodysince he came into my lifebad times are gonegood times have arrivedand life with him is like a melody it’s such a shamethe way we complicate our liveswhen God meant us to leada simple lifeit’s such…
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Brother
words & music by Doug Howell (10/73) brotherI have written so many songsin my daybut you know I’d givethem all away if I could onlyfind a simple wayto make you understandhow I feel today brotheryou know I felt just like a song that came too soonand no one ever sang it quite in tuneI can’t…
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It’s a Pity
words & music by Doug Howell (7/73) it’s a pityyou say you can’t finda good enough reasonto believe anymoreit’s such an artthe way you’ve learnedyourself to close your eyesto the answersyou once searched for you’ve got it all worked out soyou don’t have to depend on anyonewell it might seem like a foolproof planbut it’s…
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I Wanna Spend Time with You
words & music by Doug Howell (12/73) I wanna spend time with younot just a moment or twonot just a year or a fewI wanna live life with you there are so few times in lifewhen people really liveand there are so few momentswhen people really givemost people say they want lovebut they don’t want…
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Bluer Than It’s Ever Been
words & music by Doug Howell (6/73) my world just used to turn aroundand even when it hurtit really didn’t seemto slow down muchbut you know when I met youyou stopped it coldand all I knew is it feltlike I would go through anopening doorand I knew that you would never ever leave meanymoreand I…
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Love That Comes Too Late
words & music by Doug Howell (8/72) last night on the roadthere was a guy thumbin’ a rideand I said, “Lord, I’d pick him up,but I’ve gotta get where I’mgoin’ on time.” I said,“Can’t it wait ’till tomorrowwhen I’ve got more time to waste?”but the Lord said,“Do it now, my child,cause tomorrow will be too…
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With You Beside Me
words & music by Doug Howell (1/74) with you around it all seems newI don’t know what to sayor what to doand deep within my heartI always knew thatsomeday I would love youand why you love the likesof me I’ll never ever knowwith you around it all seems new since I met you it’s all…
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Life Is More
words & music by Doug Howell (4/72) all her silver’s sittin’in a row on the shelfalong with a fine-carved woodhow I wish she could have made itshe always wanted the good thingsand now they’ve got her she’s got a golden car with asix on the floor andshoes for every day of the yearwill she ever…
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Willie
words & music by Doug Howell (6/73) willie is the name of a lovethat I’m aching to knowI’ve never known youbut I miss you soand why do you alwayshave to go?why can’t you everstay? willie is the sweet simple smilethat my heart can’t forgetat least I know it hasn’t yetand you might be the only…
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Roads
words & music by Doug Howell (3/71) so many roads to choose fromI don’t know which way to gois there a map to help meout of this mess I’m in?when will my life begin? tell me where the sky isshow me where the sun shinestell me where the love isthat they talk abouton Sunday afternoons…
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All I Ever Want
words & music by Doug Howell (8/73) all I ever want to sayand all I ever want to beis you, Lordyes it’s you, Lordall I ever want is you everything I want to doand everything I want to feelit’s you, Lordoh, it’s you, Lordall I ever want is you I’m fed up with searchingmy whole…
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Bluer Than It’s Ever Been
Description Now available in digital format only. Early contemporary Christian album, piano-based pop style, full of honest feeling and faith. Doug’s first solo album is rough in spots, but also has some great moments. It was produced on a shoestring budget and recorded on an 8-track recorder. Original LP cover opened up, revealing notes on…
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Shout Joyfully
Description NOTE: This album is currently available as YouTube playlist only (see below). Contemporary Christian music album by New Jerusalem, an Ann Arbor-based evangelistic singing group sponsored by Youth for Christ. NJ was a regular fixture of area Youth for Christ rallies, and sang at a great number of area churches, venues and events. This…