Listen and Love
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How Lovely, How Nimble
Music by Doug Howell, lyrics by Hannah Hurnard (based on The Song of Solomon) how lovely, how nimble, are thy feetO prince’s daughterthey sparkle and flash and can run more fleetthan running wateron all the mountains there is no gazelleno…
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O Where Is Thy Beloved Gone?
Music by Doug Howell, lyrics by Hannah Hurnard (based on The Song of Solomon) oh, where is thy beloved gonethou fairest among womenwhere dost thou think he as turned asidethat we may seek him with thee he is gone down…
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I Am My Love’s
Music by Doug Howell, lyrics by Hannah Hurnard (based on The Song of Solomon) I am my love’s and he is mineand this is his desirethat with his beauty I may shinein radiant attireand this will be when all of…
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Set Me as a Seal
Music by Doug Howell, lyrics by Hannah Hurnard (based on The Song of Solomon) set me as a seal upon thy heartthou, love, more strong than deaththat I may feel through every partthy burning, fiery breathand then like wax held…
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Singer in the King’s Service
words and music by Doug Howell (3 Feb 1978) I haven’t got no four-piece bandto accompany me across the landI ain’t no comedianat times I’m hard to understandI’m not gonna fool you, I’m no hockey playerand I sure ain’t no…
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Real with You
words by Joe Becker, music by Doug Howell (31 Jan 1978) I want to be real with youtouch your heartand tell you all my feelings truelet you know just who I amand what I like to doall I really want…
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New Wine
words and music by Doug Howell (2 Sep 1976) why do we pretend to hold Your lifein forms that just can’t bend?we just maintainhow can we confine the good, good newsto names on dotted lines?it’s such a strainif we could…
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Falling Star
words and music by Doug Howell (31 Aug 1976) ah, Falling Star,You fill my eyes with such surpriseand the sky seemsmore empty than before when You’re gone oh, how You shine!You can break right throughthis darkness of mineoh, how You…
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Can’t You See Me?
words and music by Doug Howell (11 Nov 1975) how can you look without seeing?your eyes look at me almost every dayand yet you never see menot the real methat lives behind my eyesyou never let your eyestouch mine for…
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Appeal to a Dying Race
music adapted from “Recitative and song,” Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell, words by Doug Howell (17 Oct 1971) sometimes I see people crowding byin sorrow they diein sadness they cryand follow after a lie when the whole world cries…
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Just To Think About You
words and music by Doug Howell (1 Aug 1973) just to think about You, Lordmakes me feel like singingand just to think that You still careit makes me feel like bringingall my love to Youand I dojust to know a…
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Measuring the Distance
words and music by Doug Howell (25 Aug 1977) when I say you’re a part of meI’m not just making rhymethere’s a bond of love between usthat grows stronger with the timeI can feel your loving touchno matter where you…
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Bass Drum
words and music by Doug Howell (5 Jun 1976) if I was a bass drum, I would beat for Youand if I was a bird, You know, I’d tweet for Youif I was a lemon I’d be sweet for Youbut…
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Song
words and music by Doug Howell (28 May 1972) there are so many reasons in the worldto write songsbut You are the best reason I’ve gotand there’s so many songs in the worldto singI will sing the song You taught…
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Thankful for the Sunshine
words and music by Doug Howell (24 Sep 1976) I’m thankful for the sunshineshining through the treesI’m thankful for the rainbowsthe blues and greens, and in-betweensI’m thankful for the moonbeamsand every dream come trueI’m thankful for the sparklein drops of…
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Color in My Eyes
words and music by Doug Howell (18 Jan 1977) this morning when the sun rosethere was a rainbow in the clouds at the horizonit made a circle ’round the sunto warn the fleeing darknessa multicolored haloa ring to wed the…
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Every Sign on the Road
words and music by Doug Howell (19 Mar 1977) my heart is lyin’ in piecesall over the worldI can’t pass a sign on the roadwithout thinking of something I once heard“Don’t spread yourself too thin in life,or you’ll wind up…
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Picture Show
words and music by Doug Howell (16 May 1973) and I’m just not safe anymoreI can’t go anywherebut there’s empty eyes and words and smilesand lives that never touchbut long to be touchedand I walked into a picture showI wanted…
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Finally Found Love
words by Joe Becker, music by Doug Howell (3 Jan 1978) I’ve been looking for a personI can always turn to when I’m downlooking for someone who doesn’t carethat I’m a clownlooking for a special friend—like the one that I…
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I Saw You in the Mountains
words and music by Doug Howell (14 Oct 1974) Jesus, I saw You todayin the mountainsYou spoke to mein fervent whispers of cool, sweet airYour trees were standing sentinelbelow the snowy heightswhile You spoke to me of greatnessand loveand condescension…