Baby, now that I’ve found you/
I won’t let you go/

In “Baby Now That I’ve Found You” Alison Kraus describes how she will build her world around this new guy now that she’s found him…and she won’t let him go. She laments that he “(doesn’t) need me”, and “you want to leave me.” Perhaps the darkness of the vocal is that it is sort of stalkerish: she sounds like she might not actually let him go! Any song that can convey a strong emotion is on its way towards being a great song.

Alison Kraus

This song sounds slightly different than most country songs. Is it Kraus’ broody vocals? The song just sounds darker than most country songs, but not “my daddy died on the porch and my dog did too” level of darkness. A couple different choices and it might be classified as soft rock or folk.

The Foundations released the original version of the song in the sixties. Their version is good, but Kraus’ is better. The best part of the Foundations’ version is the thundering piano playing. The piano player doesn’t really play piano, he hammers the piano. And it works. The homage to ‘build me up buttercup’ in the beginning is kind of weird.

Now That I’ve Found You Lyrics

Baby, now that I’ve found you
I won’t let you go
I build my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don’t need me now

Baby, now that I’ve found you
I won’t let you go
I build my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don’t need me
You don’t need me no no (mm)

Baby, baby, when first we met
I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldn’t forget
I said right and abide my time

Spent my life looking for that somebody
To make me feel like you
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can’t let you

Baby, baby, when first we met
I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldn’t forget
I said right and abide my time

Spent my life looking for that somebody
To make me feel like you
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can’t let you

Now that I found you
I build my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don’t need me now

Baby, now that I’ve found you
I won’t let you go
I build my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don’t need me, you don’t need me no no
(mm mm mm)

Songwriters: John Macleod / Tony Macaulay