From the recording Shed a Little Light: Joy Zimmerman Live
If I Needed You (words and music by Townes Van Zandt) is a song of love and longing and reassurance.
Lyrics
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me and ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you
I’d swim the seas for to ease your pain
Well, in the night forlorn, oh, the morning’s born
And the morning shines with the light of love
And you will miss sunrise if you close your eyes
And that would break my heart in two
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me and ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you
I’d swim the seas for to ease your pain
The lady’s with me now since I showed her how
To lay her lily hand in mine
Loop and Lil agree, she’s a sight to see
A treasure for the poor to find
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me and ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you
I’d swim the seas for to ease your pain