If I Need You

(Townes Van Zandt)

Emmylou Harris & Don Williams



If I needed you would you come to me

Would you come to me, for to ease my pain

If you needed me I would come to you

I would swim the sea, for to ease your pain.



Well, the night's forlorn and the morning's born

And the morning's born with the lights of love

And you'll 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, for to ease my pain

If you needed me I would come to you

I would swim the sea, for to ease your pain.



--- Instrumental ---



Baby's with me now since I showed her

How to lay her lily hand in mine

Who could, I'll 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, for to ease my pain

If you needed me I would come to you

I would swim the sea, for to ease your pain...