Jan Howard

A star fell from heaven right into my arms the brightest star I know I've never seen Then I found out that it was only you with all your charms Who came into my life to fill a dream A fallen star that's what you are the twinkle in your eye came from the sky Yo...

Ain't done one single thing this morning except for crying all night long Ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone And I ain't gonna get no lovin' till you come home Nothin's been the same since you left me everything has gone from right to wrong Ain't had n...

Sometimes when I'm down and all alone just like a child without a home The love you give me keeps me hanging on honey all I ever need is you You're my first love you're my last you're my future you're my past And loving you is all that I ask honey all I ever n...

All the time yes darling all the time tenderly and constantly I'll love you Every day I'll prove it every way in happiness or in loneliness I'll love you Other arms may tempt me but don't let that bother you For even if they tempt me I'll never be untrue All t...

Sometimes you're mean sometimes you ain't Sometimes you're a devil sometimes you're a saint Sometimes I wish that I could leave and say we're through But I love you any old way you do honey I love you any old way you do Sometimes you drink sometimes you don't...

Ain't been in Little Rock but two weeks and here I am now Packing up and disappearing into thin air Guys in Little Rock are cute but I can't make my heart take root Cause bad seed won't grow just anywhere I need lots of sunshine I need lots of raindrops I need...

I asked my love to take a walk take a walk just a little walk Down beside where the waters flow down by the banks of the Ohio And only say that you'll be mine in no other's arms entwined Down beside where the waters flow down by the banks of the Ohio I held a...

Darling oh darling where are you tonight don't you even miss me at all You once danced with me and whispered tenderly that I was the belle of the ball The belle of the ball now stands by the wall You told me you love me and then let me fall But my heart will y...

I makes no difference if you're rich or poor Or if you're smart or dumb A woman's place in this old world Is under some man's thumb I makes no difference if you're rich or poor Or if you're smart or dumb A woman's place in this old world Is under some man's t...

Baby, oh baby, tell the man at the ticket stand That you've changed your mind Let me run on out and tell the cab to keep his meter flyin' 'Cause if you say goodbye to me babe You're gonna break, my mind, break my mind, break my mind. No, I just can't stand to...

When you're weary feeling small when tears are in your eyes I will dry them all I'm on your side oh when times get rough and friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me dow...

You took your heart from me And gave it to someone new But I won't be discouraged Honey, I'll wait for you Until you bring it on back to me Bring it on back to me When your heart's in need of sympathy Honey, bring it on back to me Bring it on back to me Bring...

Found some letters you wrote me this morning they told of a love we once knew Now they're gone I'd burned them to ashes don't want nothin' to remind me of you Burning bridges behind me it's too late to turn back now Burning bridges behind me all I want is to f...

I'll be yours but not for love my dear With my hand in yours I'll stare at you with passion Tell you sweet things maybe even cry a tear And then we'll dance real slow to the music soft and low I'll be yours but not for love my dear Please don't be offended it'...

There's a feeling deep inside me that I've never felt before And I feel it when I see you and when I touch you I feel it even more And I wonder when I'm with you do you feel the way I do When you put your arms around me do you get that feeling too Can you feel...

[ Careless Hands, Careless Hands ] I let my heart fall into careless hands Careless hands broke my heart in two You held my dreams like worthless grains of sand Careless hands don't care when dreams slip through I brought you joy And dear I loved you so But...

I took one look at you and all at once I knew I'm yours my whole life through completely Your smile's so tenderly your kiss was heavenly You took control of me completely Your torch is like a fire burning deep inside my mind Your lips are like a flame in the n...

If you find someone that you really love Show that special someone you're worthy of his love Or then someday, you may be someone just like me Who is crying, crying for love that used to be You must learn to give as well as receive Show him how much you care a...

One day you came along and spoke so tenderly You kissed me oh so sweet and gave your love to me One moment in my life I clung to every thrill Time was a precious thing the day the world stood still For one day in my life you brought me happiness You stopped th...

Don't worry 'bout me, it's all over now Though I may be blue, I'll manage somehow. Love can't be explained, can't be controled One day it's warm, next day it's cold. Don't pity me, 'cause I'm feeling blue Don't be ashamed it might have been you. Oh, oh,...

Everybody loves a lover; I'm a lover: everybody loves me! Anyhow, that's how I feel. Wow! I feel just like a Pollyanna! I should worry? Not for nothing! Everybody loves me, yes, they do! And I love everybody since I fell in love with you! Who's the mos...

You say I need a rest Why don't I go and see my sister way out west That's very thoughtful of you dear And I'm really touched with all this tenderness But us women are suspicious things We know that men aren't born with wings What's making you so kind? Now, I...

(For loving you for needing you but most of all for loving you For loving you) [ Bill ] For loving you my life is so much richer You've given so much to live for and I never really lived before before loving you (For loving you) [ Jan ] And for loving you my f...

Well hello there my it's been a long long time How am I doing oh I guess that I'm doing fine It's been so long now and it seems that it was only yesterday Gee ain't it funny how time slips away How's your new love I hope that she's doing fine I heard you told...

It's knowing you don't try to bind my freedom with some promise made of gold That for you my door stays open and our love becomes a simple to A street And it's knowing we're not shacked by forgotten words and bons And the ink stains that have dried upon some l...

Straighten up your tie and comb your hair Act as though you've spent your time alone Wash away her lipstick from your collar Get your lie the way you want it then come on home Make sure there's no blond hair on your shoulder Tear up the name and number of...

A long time forgotten Are dreams that just fell by the way. And the good life he promised Ain't what she's living today. But she never complains Of the bad times or bad things he's done, Lord. She just talks about the good times they've had And all the good ti...

Maybe I don't love you quite as much as I believe I love you baby But don't tell me cause lovin' you's a happy state of mind Maybe I don't need you quite as much as I profess to need you baby But don't leave me cause needin' you's a happy state of mind And who...

He called me “Baby, Baby” All night long. Used to hold and kiss me ‘Til the dawn. Then one day I awoke, And he was gone. And there’s no more “Baby, Baby” All night long. He called me “Baby, Baby” All night long. Built me up so high And made me strong Now e...

Well I said friend don't take him he's all I got Please don't take his love away from me I'm a beggin' you friend don't take him he's all I got He's everything in life I'll ever need He is life oh when I want to live he's everything in life to me that life can...

(Heartaches by the number heartache number one two three) Heartache number one was when you left me I never knew that I could hurt this way And heartache number two was when you came back again You came back and never meant to stay Now I've got heartaches by...

Hello stranger you look familiar you remind me of someone I used to love But I guess stranger if I look longer you won't even resamble the one I'm thinking of He has such warm tender loving hands while yours are very friendly to my touch And like you even wore...

A year ago today I felt like dying as unloved and unwanted as a heart could be But time has a way of changing yesterday now the hurtin's all over all over me Yes the hurtin's all over all over my body It started in my heart and it's spread all over me Fath...

I can't stop cryin' I can't stop hurtin' For you can't stop lyin' and you won't stop flirtin' I can't stop hopin' you love me true and I can't stop cryin' until you do I can't forget you I tried before but to be without you just hurts me more I can't stop pra...

Every time I hear the midnight train a rollin' out to the open plain A sense of freedom fills my veins I get the fever Every time I sparrow flies up into the endless skies Something down inside of me cries I get the fever I get the fever to pack up and leave h...

I hurt all over the kind of hurt that never will end I hurt all over over and over again My feet ache from walking the floor my eyes burn from crying all day My arms long to hold you once more that's how it's been since you went away I hurt all over... The t...

The nights were dark and long I spent a million all alone But I never once stopped loving you My world was cold and still my dreams lay unfulfill But I never once stopped loving you I never once stopped believing we'd love again the way we used to do And today...

I wish I could fall in love again and feel the way I always used to do I wish I could fall in love again then maybe I'd fall out of love with you I know it's all over between us and you're happy with someone new And I wish I could fall in love again then maybe...

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing I'd like to build the world a home and furnish it with love For apple trees and honey bees and snow white turtle doves I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep i...

I'll hold you in my heart Till I can hold you in my arms Like you've never been held before I'll think of you each day And then I'll dream the night away Till you are in my arms once more The stars up in the sky Know the reason why I feel so blue when I'm...

Late at night when the lights are bright you lighten my company We make the rounds all over town you're not ashamed of me The next day you'll just turn away and break my heart in two To you I'm just a nighttime girl but I've got feelings too You take me to a...

If I cried every time you hurt me I'd be cryin' all the time If I made a scene each time you were mean We'd be quarrellin' all the time But I don't cry and I don't get mad I try to take the good with the bad If I cried every time you hurt me I'd be cryin'...

Cursed with sorrow pain and woe full of feeling I can't show Hopeless love what else for me is this my destiny I know God has surely made for every man somewhere a maid Someone stole my love from me is this my destiny At night I cry and wonder why I must live...

If time were not a moving thing and I could make it stay this hour The love we share will always be there'll be no coming day To shine a morning light make us realize all night is over When you walk away from me there is no place to put my hand Except to shade...

Are you going away with no word of farewell will there be not a trace left behind Well I could've loved you better didn't mean to be unkind You know that was the last thing on my mind It's a lesson too late for the learning made of sand made of sand In the wi...

Somewhere outside the wind is wailing this time tomorrow you'll be sailing Oh my love hold me as if it was our last time Somewhere outside the bird is crying sounds like a million souls are dying Oh my love hold me as if it was our last time The trumpet sounds...

If he wants to have a little fun with friends let him have it If he needs a little money he can spend let him have it But if you find his friends are the kind that wear the mini skirts and peroxide hair And you sense a little bitty hanky panky there let him ha...

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom let it be And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom let it be Let it be let it be let it be let it be whisper words of wisdom...

Looking back over my life I can see where I caused you strife But I know oh yes I know I'd never make that same mistake again Looking back over my deeds I can see signs of wise girl heeds But if I just have a chance I'd never make that same mistake again Once...

Our father which art in heaven hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done there as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For Thin...

Love is a sometimes thing Yes, your love is a sometimes thing It comes and goes like winter and spring Yes, your love is a sometimes thing You told me that you would always car In time of need you'd always be there But lately baby, I've seen so little of you...

Love is like an ever spinning wheel round and round again round and round again Though you'll finally find somebody new when love comes round again for you Down the years many tears have been cried about love and devotion Dry your tears love is just like the...

Love me and make it all better come back and ease the pain Kiss away these burning tears say you love me again I was wrong accusing you of unfaithfulness Cause you walked away and took all my happiness Love me and make it all better... I'm a fool for th...

The minute you're gone I cry the minute you're gone I die Before you walk out of sight I'm like a child all alone at night I stare into emptiness I'm filled with such loneliness My world goes from right to wrong the minute you're gone The minute you're gone I...

Never knew what hurtin' was until today Never thought that I could ever feel this way Missing you missing you and only you what can I do missing you In my dreams I feel you lying next to me But the mornin' sun wakes up the loneliness in me Missing you missing...

My son my son I pray that you'll come home to me my son my son It seems only yesterday the most important thing on your mind Was whether you'd make the baseball team or get the new school jacket Like all the other kids had And I remember how your eyes lighted...

The Old Rugged Cross was written in Albion, Michigan. Or Pokagon, Michigan. Or Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. All three towns claim to be the birthplace of this hymn. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suffering and shame; And I love that o...

I had the key to heaven when we married And for a while I brought you happiness But now your love for me is dead and buried And every night you share another's kiss And I'd rather be the one you slip around with Than be the one whose dream of love is gone Yes...

Padre Padre in my grief I turn to you The day that we wed you blessed us and said may heaven bestow you grace There in that holy place we shared our first embrace Padre Padre what happened to our love so true Padre Padre in my grief I turn to you Then she came...

You were mine for just a while, Now you're puttin' on the style And you've never once looked back At your home across the track. You're the gossip of the town But my heart can still be found Where you tossed it on the ground. Pick me up on your way down. Pick...

You've promised you would be true to me but we both know you could never be You've been puttin' you on since the day we met Promises promises that's all I ever get that's all I ever get Then you promised me a ring a weddin' gown and all of them things But I ai...

Put it off until tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today You say our love is over that you have found another You say you're going away but leave me tomorrow oh oh you've hurt me enough today You've hurt me enough today I can't believe the words you say I m...

Ribbon of darkness over me since my true love walked out the door Tears I never had before ribbon of darkness over me Clouds are gathering o'er my head they chill the day and hide the sun And shroud the night when day is done ribbon of darkness over me Rain is...

I was young when I left you and daddy there was a world outside I had to see Mama I've sure been a lot of places but Little Rock still looks the best to me Oh rock me back to Little Rock mama rock me let me be there in my dreams awhile Where the men don't try...

I ain't gonna roll over and play dead You can get that nonsense sister right outta your head You go ahead and try to steal my man but you're gonna have the fire on your hands Cause I ain't gonna roll over and play dead You've hung enough jewelry on yourself t...

(Let me tell you the saddest part of all) It was sad so sad when you left me and me thinking I stood so tall Now you're gone and I should forget you But I still love you and that's the saddest part of all Well I cried oh how I cried when I saw you with her wra...

Shame on me for hurting you what can I say what can I do Last night I was blind but today I see I did you wrong shame on me You say you won't be seein' me again you say we're through I wouldn't want to see the sunrise tomorrow if I knew that to be true I know...

Billy Ray was a preacher's son And when his daddy would visit he'd come along When they gathered around and started talkin' That's when Billy would take me walkin' Out through the back yard we'd go walkin' Then he'd look into my eyes Lord knows, to my su...

I supposed I'll say congratulations for you've won the only man I ever loved But I've hurt too much to face the situation So take good care of him take good care of him Just to be around him was my greatest pleasure He was everything my future held in store S...

If you can find it in your heart to just forgive I'll come back and live the way you wanted me to live All I want is just to be your girl please come and get me and take me to your world Take me to your world away from barrooms filled with smoke Where I won't...

He's not my problem anymore it ended when he walked out the door Now someone else must try to do all the things I couldn't do But that's not my problem anymore that's not my problem anymore It feels so good to get him off my mind unhappiness is all he left...

There goes my everything I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor And a voice is softly saying darling this will be goodbye forever more There goes my reason for living there goes the one of my dreams There goes my only pos...

This sad old house has missed you so although you left us long ago But if you just walk through that door this sad old old house would smile once more You ain't contented we were two we've fell apart when we lost you Whatever made you hurt a soul this sad old...

Some people walk some people crawl some people don't even move at all Some roads lead forward some roads lead back Some roads are bathed in white some wrapped in fearful black Time oh time where did you go time oh good good time where did you go Some people n...

I reached out my hand and I touched you with soft words I whispered your name I had you right on the tip of my fingers but that was as close as I came My eyes had a vision of sweet lips yeelding beneath my command I had your love on the tips of my fingers...

Well mama go a tippy tippy toein' through the house Gotta see what's the matter with the baby It's been a bawlin' and a squallin' and a kickin' on the wall Well I guess it's dropped its little bottle maybe Oh daddy come a runnin' with the water right away Gonn...

You're too many teardrops too late too many teardrops too late If you hadn't been untrue then I'd still be a loving you But you're too many teardrops too late I got your letter yesterday read every word you had to say But I heard them all before they don't fo...

I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true Until these arms of mine surround you all the time I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true Until your heart can see what burns inside of me I'll keep on dreaming until my dreams come true Every day I cry...

It wasn't very long ago we had a love few people know And everything was going oh so fine I've trusted you you've trusted me the way that it's supposed to be But love slipped from us somewhere down the line We had all of the good things going baby you know we...

Oh the nights I've cried, how I'd die inside Knowing we'll never love again, love again One mistake I've made, what a price I've paid Knowing we'll never love again Passion ruled my mind, made my conscience blind And a million times, I've paid for my sins Darl...

We'll sing in the sunshine we'll laugh every day We'll sing in the sunshine then I'll be on my way I will never love you the cost of love's too dear But though I'll never love you I'll stay with you one year And we can sing in the sunshine... I'll sing to yo...

Why do you like to roam You've got so much love at home? What makes a man wander? What makes a man wander? The whistle of a train Do something to your brain What makes a man wander? What makes a man wander? I know you love me as much As you ever could love a...

When you left I thought that I would soon get over you Even told myself that I would find somebody too Time and tears have come and gone but not your memory But I'll be over you when the grass grows over me Yes I'll be over you when you're standing over me And...

Listen while you read! You can smother me with kisses and feel free To let your tender arms surround me You can love me without fear but don't come here And try to build no dreams around me A man's a fool who looks for love For one time in a lifetime he might...

Once I stood in the night with my head bowed down In the darkness as black as the sea And my heart felt alone and I cried oh Lord don't hide your face from me Hold my hand all the way every hour every day from here to the great unknown Take my hand let me...

I've lost the only love I've ever known Too many nights I left her all alone I said forgive me, one too many times And now her parting words ___ my mind You're with the wrong company they'll drag you down You're spending too much time on the wrong side of town...

You and me and tears and roses in my memory side by side For you always sent me roses everytime you made me cry Tears and roses now remind me that your love was just a lie For today you sent me roses with a note that said goodbye And then a little while when t...

I wish you only knew all the days I've made it through Because of you and your sweet love I wish that I could count the times peace and comfort filled my mind Because of you and your sweet love You're what keeps me going the sun that lights my sky The rose tha...

You are my treasure and my darling I possess The world's greatest treasure the treasure of happiness Your smiles are my pearls and the touch of your lips are so warm and rare Your eyes are my diamonds and my gold is the gold in your hair Earth has it's tre...

You give your hand to me and then you say hello And I can hardly speak my heart is beating so And anyone can tell you think you know me well but you don't know me No you don't know the one who dreams of you at night And longs to kiss your lips and longs to hol...

You really know how to make a girl cry, don't you? You really know how to make a girl sigh, don't you? You don't know too much about things like being true and wedding rings But you really know how to make a girl cry You really know how to make a girl love yo...

You'd better go each moment that you linger makes me forget his ring is on my finger We love each other that I knew so we must draw the line You'd better go before I change my mind You'd better go for I'm afraid your charms We'll shatter my resistance and I'll...

You'd better sit down kids I'm telling you why You might not understand kids but give it a try Now how should I put this I've got something to say I will be staying but daddy's going away No we're not mad kids and it's hard to say why Your daddy and I kids don...

I've never seen the inside of a barroom or listen to a jukebox all night long But I see these are the things that bring you pleasure So I'm gonna make some changes in our home I've heard it said if you can't beat 'em join 'em So if that's the way you've wanted...