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Tag: album cut
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Jesus Never Fails
words and music by Doug Howell© Bud John Songs (orig Lexicon Music, Inc.) • Used by permission Jesus never failsJesus never failsI’ve got a friendwho won’t ever forsake meJesus never fails Jesus never fails me when I need HimJesus never failsI’ve got a friendwho won’t ever forsake meoh, Jesus never fails He gives me songs…
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Oh, September
words & music by Doug Howell (6 Aug 1980) oh, Septemberwhy’d you have to come so soonjust when I finally started to have some funI remember wellthe spell of an August moonand I was just gettin used to livin in the sunlook what you’ve done,September summer’s warmth is gone nowthere’s that coolness in the airseems…
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So Many Ways (2022)
words & music by Doug Howell • © 1974 Trinity Sound Corp, assigned to Creative Measures LLC today I watched the morning suncome up redcome up warm as it blushedto kiss my cheekthe birds singing love songsin my headin my heart they sang thingsthat no one could speakand the dew drops were sparklin‘ just like…
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The Song of Songs
Music by Doug Howell, Lyrics by Hannah Hurnard (based on The Song of Solomon) the song of songs, the loveliest songthe song of Love, the Kingno joy on earth compares with hisbut seems a broken thinghis name as ointment is poured forthand all his lovers sing draw me, I will run after theethou art my…
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Make Me Just Like You
words & music by Doug Howell (8 Aug 1974) I’ve been seein’ things that I just shouldn’t seeand I’ve been tryin’ to be things in my mind I shouldn’t beI’ve been goin’ places I really shouldn’t goLord, You’re my last chance for life and loveI know, I know oh, make me pure and holy, Lordmake…
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House on the Ocean
words and music by Doug Howell (12 Jan 1978) I’ve always wanted a house on the oceanall made of glass, perched high on a hillthen every morning I’d wake with the sunriseand every night rock to sleep with the wavesall down the stairway that leads to the waterflowers are dancing in time with the breeze…
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All I Know
words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Art Garfunkel, Angel Clare, 1973 Notes This song is the most famous one of the entire collection. Though it’s been recorded quite a few times, I think the original version is still my favorite. Some have called “Wichita Lineman,” another of Jimmy’s more famous works, the “perfect…
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Met Him on a Plane
(originally Met Her on a Plane) words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Jimmy Webb, And So: On, 1971 Notes This has always been one of my favorites. Probably because I had an experience very like this once myself. Or twice… This is a prime example of how Jimmy takes a supremely personal moment…
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Simile
words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Jimmy Webb, Letters, 1972 Notes This is the most beautiful song about writing a song I’ve ever heard, and I think it completely blurs the line between poetry and music. Songwriting has always been a mystical thing to me, and “Simile” lays bare that mystery like no…
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Shattered
words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Linda Ronstadt, Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, 1989 Notes Even though I love Ronstadt’s version of this, I’ve always thought it was too short. I guess I just love the song so much I never want it to end. (Ever feel that way about…
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Skywriter
words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Jimmy Webb, Twilight Of The Renegades, 2005 Notes A friend helped me discover this song, for I had somehow missed it when it was first released. I love how the rootless, restless lyrics float over the rootless, restless harmonies. Just how a song about skywriting should be.…
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Wooden Planes
(aka A Song for My Brother) words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: B. J. Thomas, Billy Joe Thomas, 1972 Notes Speaking of flyin’ games, here’s another. Again we’re chasing after something unattainable. Again we think our flight will never end. It was the last track on B.J. Thomas’s album, Billy Joe Thomas, and…
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When Can Brown Begin
words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Jimmy Webb, Letters, 1972 Notes If after the first six songs you’re still unsure whether Jimmy is a dreamer or not, this one should do the trick. This song is about so much more than racism—don’t stop until you’ve plumbed its depths. It’s about how we live…
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If Ships Were Made To Sail
words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Jimmy Webb, And So: On, 1971 Notes Oh, the images in this song! This one is right up there with Joni’s “River” in the “running away” genre. “If I could fall up the long night, reach to time gone…” These are not only wonderfully evocative lyrics, but…
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Love Hurts
words & music by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant Favorite version: Jimmy Webb, Letters, 1972 Notes Jimmy didn’t write this song, but I “discovered” it on his Letters album. And the way he sings it, he might as well have written it. As I said, I often performed it, and I think I rather shocked people…
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Shine It on Me
(aka You Might As Well Smile) words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Art Garfunkel, Watermark, 1978 Notes These next three songs are so resolute and positive and indefatigable that I’m hoping they’ll inspire you to forgive me for the previous two… This one’s a lot like the Serenity Prayer, I think—only a lot…
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Lightning in a Bottle
words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Jennifer Warnes, soundtrack from Winter People, 1989 Notes Like the last song, it starts out rather ordinary—”all I have to do is”—and then zings you at the end—”catch some lightning in a bottle.” Like it’s the easiest thing in the world. I’ll just take a walk out…
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Another Lullaby
words & music by Jimmy Webb Favorite version: Art Garfunkel, Angel Clare, 1973 Notes Couldn’t think of a better song to end this collection with than this gorgeous lullaby. It’s for my newest grandniece, Mackenzie, my future grandnieces and nephews, my nieces and my nephew; it’s for my sister, my sister-in-law and my brother and…
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The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
words & music by Doug Howell (Summer, 1985) all you want to hear is a sweet songyou don’t want to hear from mejust three short, painless minutesand a hook that’s hotcrossover Christianitybut tell me, where’s the sacrificewhen we always keep things nicefollowing some formula conformityyou say you’re protecting someone elsebut it’s really just yourselfwho can’t…
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Blair
words & music by Doug Howell (22 Oct 1979) Blair, I was used to playing solitairebut you caught all my defenses unawareand my feelings long since fallen into disrepairbut you made me feel like a millionaire how I hate the thought of leaving nowhow I wish that I could stay somehowbut I will always remember…