A Case Of You

Album: Blue (1971)
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  • 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
    And I sketched your face on it twice

    Boy, you are in my blood like holy wine
    Oh, and you taste so bitter
    But you taste so sweet, oh
    I could drink a case of you
    I could drink a case of you, darling
    Still, I'd be on my feet
    I'd 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 that 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 are in my blood like holy wine
    And you taste so bitter
    And you taste sweet, oh
    I could drink a case of you
    I could drink a case of you, darling
    Still, I'd be on my feet
    I'd 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
    Oh, but be prepared to bleed"

    Oh, but you are in my blood, you're my holy wine
    Oh, and you taste so bitter
    But you taste sweet
    I could drink a case of you, darling
    Still, I'd be on my feet
    Still, I'd be on my feet
    Hmm
    I'd still be on my feet Writer/s: Joni Mitchell
    Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 2

  • Sam from North CarolinaI don't like fixing "my favorite" things much, but I don't really know how anyone could write a song better than this. Simple, descriptive, expressive, evocative.

    But I am constant as the northern star,
    Of whose true-fixed and resting quality
    There is no fellow in the firmament.
    Julius Caesar Act III Scene 1
  • Suedeaunym from Nawth JawjaNo other music recording demonstrates the incredible emotional strength afforded by (and required of) human vulnerability than Blue, and A Case of You is it's most amazing example.

    I'm further astounded by the allegation that the lover about whom she wrote and sang it - James Taylor - also appears on this original studio version of it, accompanying Joni's gentle dulcimer with gorgeous acoustic guitar fills. There has been speculation that it was about another lover, Leonard Cohen, but Joni herself reportedly told Estrella Berosini that the song was about James Taylor.
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