Joni Mitchell - A Case of You

Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice
Oh you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
oh I would still be on my feet

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

I remember that time you told me you said
"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said
"Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"

Oh but you are in my blood
You're my holy wine
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet

Oh, I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

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[PAULFC93]

thanks for uploading these.

[chissykim]

@PAULFC93 You're welcome. It's an amazing album :)

[Capgungoesbang]

I'm even more depressed now than I was before. That's how you know it's a good song.

[AZYankee53]

So incredible

"You're in my blood like Holy Wine

You taste so bitter and so sweet

I could drink a case of you darling

I would still be on my feet"

Best lyric ever

[SongbirdKH]

I know this is the original and therefore the supreme version of this song... but at a very close second would have to be the version that KD Lang did for her album "Hymns From The 49th Parallel" which was an album filled with songs from Canadian songwriters... just gorgeous! :)

[auntGlow]

"Frightened by the devil"...'attracted to tho's who' ain't afraid'...Risky.

[ilovenirvanaandmcr]

Perfect, beautiful and brilliant Joni Mitchell. I thank my dad for playing me her albums since I was five! My favourite song!

[ejb1947t]

joni mitchell was, in the 60's and 70's by far the best singer -songwriter of her generation;and a poet of no mean standing; she has lightened my life for decades.

[68hummingbird]

@AZYankee53 And the way she sings it... good God, what a talent!

[ThePgjohn]

LOST FOR  WORDS perfection

[LovexxMuzik]

*le sigh* <3