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If I Needed You (Single)

by Tracy Grammer

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* The #2 most-played song on folk radio for March 2020! *

Tracy Grammer has been performing "If I Needed You" as an encore for years. She originally recorded the song in her home studio the winter of 2019-2020 as a "thank you" to the fans who supported her after an accident in 2019 forced the cancellation of two months worth of tour dates. Engineered, performed, and mixed entirely by Tracy, the song is now available to anyone looking for a fresh version of a Townes Van Zandt classic, one which serves as an uplifting reminder of our interdependence -- and our vulnerability -- during a time when contentiousness and conflict seem to rule the day.

About TRACY GRAMMER: Called “one of the finest singers and musicians anywhere in folkdom” (Boston Globe) and “a musician and singer of dazzling versatility” (No Depression), Tracy Grammer is among contemporary folk music's most beloved artists. Renowned for her pure voice, deft instrumental work, and incantatory storytelling, she has recorded and performed with Joan Baez and Mary Chapin Carpenter and enjoyed 13 years as one of folk radio's 50 top-played artists. Her highly-anticipated eleventh album, LOW TIDE, is the first full-length recording to feature her original songs and charted in the top 10 on Folk Radio, FolkAlley.com, and Fish Records UK for 2018.

Look for more digital singles from Grammer later this year. See tracygrammer.com for tour dates and more.

lyrics

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 run to you
I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain

In the night forlorn the morning's born
The morning shines with the lights of love
You will miss sunrise if you close your eyes
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 run 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 for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would run to you
I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain

© Townes Van Zandt / JTVZ Music (ASCAP), Will Van Zandt Publishing (ASCAP), Katie Bell Music (ASCAP)

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released February 21, 2020
Produced by Tracy Grammer.

TG: acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, percussion, vocals

Recorded and mixed by TG in The Blue Room, Greenfield, MA.
Mastered by David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO.

"If I Needed You" written by Townes Van Zandt. Publishing administered by Wixen Publishing, Inc.

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Tracy Grammer Greenfield, Massachusetts

Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the heart.

“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe

“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez

“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter
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