Author: doug7565
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A Day Like There’s Never Been Before
words and music by Doug Howell © 2020 Creative Measures • All rights reserved will you watch over me as I wake?smile at me as you whisper my name?you’ll be the first one to see meyou’ll be the first one to hearof the dream that I’ll dreamfor a day like there’s never been before will…
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Somebody Special
words and music by Doug Howell (24 Jan 1974) © 2020 Creative Measures • All rights reserved you look at melike I’m somebody specialyou make me feel neededand I like that feeling, butI’m not used to beinglooked at that wayso please forgive mewhen you see I’m afraidoh, please forgive meif I turn away you treat…
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Stay
words and music by Doug Howell (16 Jun 1975) © 2020 Creative Measures • All rights reserved stay hereclose by my sideyou always hear when I crycalm every fearand you understand the pain that won’t leave meyou feel it, too take meall that I amI’d give you more if I couldall of my lifeyou always…
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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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Nashville
words and music by Doug Howell (11 Jul 1979) © 1980 Home Sweet Home Music, assigned to Word Music Inc. • Used by special permission • All rights reserved here I am stuck in a little town that I have never heard of but one thing I am sure of I’d rather be home I…
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Silent Night
words and music by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber (Public Domain) • arrangement and verse 4 by Doug Howell (November 2019 – © Creative Measures LLC) Sheet music available! Bass/Alto • Tenor/Soprano silent night, holy nightall is calm, all is bright’round yon virgin mother and childholy infant, so tender and mildsleep in heavenly peacesleep in…
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Still You Love Me
words and music by Doug Howell (5 Feb 1977) ©2019 Creative Measures • All rights reserved you know all the meanings behind the words I sayand how I rearrange them to sound some other wayyou count every tear I cry and every time I falland every thought inside my head—you understand it allJesus, I have…
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If You Were
words and music by Doug Howell (For David – Valentine’s Day, 1991) if you were God’s grace to me would your face be any dearer to my eyes? would your love taste sweeter to this thirst of mine, welcome home this wandering child? if you were God’s peace to me would you bring my battled…
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Diamonds
words and music by Doug Howell (11 Nov 1979) a thousand diamonds on the back of a leafa hundred on a single blade of grassfrosty jewels fallen from some store of wealth unseensunlight through the crystals on a glassprisms splashing colors in the airswirlin’ all around me everywhere you give me diamonds everydayand every night…
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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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Kiss the Old Romantic Goodbye
words & music by Doug Howell (25 Oct 1978) © 2019 Creative Measures I could write a bookI could go downtownI could take in a movieand then just drive around I could make a speechto the bedroom wallon the risk involved in loving youand the way I lost it all and you can kiss the…
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The Love You Must Have Had
words & music by Doug Howell (1973) © 1980 Love’s Music, assigned to Creative Measures Sheet music available! Vocal-Piano-Guitar Lord, to think You came down herereally makes me wonderwhy we go on the way we dohurting one anotherit just don’t seem rightthe way we give you second placeand You gave us the worldbut we can’t…
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The Lord’s Prayer (St. Barnabas Mass)
music by Doug Howell (Spring 2014) • © 2015 Creative Measures LLCadapted from the Book of Common Prayer (1979), Rite 2, Eucharistic Prayer B Sheet music available! Vocal-Piano-Guitar Our Father,who art in heaven,holy is your name.Your kingdom come,your will be doneon earth as it is in heaven.Give us this dayour daily bread,and forgive us our…
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Retirement Career—or Calling?
I retired in February 2018, and had begun using the term retirement career (which I heard somewhere last year) instead of retirement when telling others about my plans—mostly because I didn’t want to convey the impression that I don’t expect to work. On the contrary, I hope to do a lot of work. But as…
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A Big Hawaiian Adventure
Back in 2015 we began a big adventure and started blogging about it, so we could more easily share photos and experiences—both ups and downs—with family, friends, and anyone else who might be interested. In case you’re not a Facebook friend, or haven’t found or followed my Facebook music page, I’d like to share the…
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A Musical Prayer for You
As some of you know, I’ve been working on a contemporary musical setting of the Holy Eucharist mass (that’s “communion worship service,” for my Baptist friends), dedicated to our little St. Barnabas congregation in Chelsea, MI—and our patron saint, of course! We plan to premiere the St. Barnabas Mass on Saturday, June 13, 7:30p, at…
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How Does an INFJ Prepare for a Concert?
Since people at St. B are starting to make fun of me, I thought it was time to address this head on. The stories are beginning to get around of how I send David out of the house so I can practice. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Keep in mind that it’s been over…
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Concert at St. Barnabas on August 18
Yes, folks. You heard me correctly. I’m doing one of those very rare local concerts. So what’s the occasion? It’s the last in St. Barnabas’ “Music and Meaning” summer concert series. I’ll do an evening of contemporary Christian music on Saturday, August 18, at St. Barnabas, Chelsea MI, sharing original songs born from moments when…
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According to Your Word
I’m singing “According to Your Word” tonight at St. Barnabas’ Lessons and Carols service. We’re doing six of the traditional nine lessons in our service, and the third in our line-up is Gabriel’s message to Mary from God, and her response, from Luke, chapter 1. Her answer of simple, total obedience is what the song…
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Were God To Ask
May 19, 2001 • for Davey Photo courtesy of Sara Biljana were God to askby what measure of sweetnessHe should make heaven for meI could only makeone answer—just an ordinary day—with you