Tag: bluer than it’s ever been

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…