This song makes me cry. Everytime.
Originally by Joni Mitchell, but also, James Wolpert’s version from The Voice is amazing.
P.S. Joni Mitchell has a showcase at the Hammer Museum for FREE this Thursday at 730Pm for her birthday, and for the screening of The Fiddle and the Drum – a ballet set to her songs reflecting her concerns about “the Earth’s ecological destruction and human warfare,” according to the Hammer Museum. Learn more here.
James Wolpert’s version (lulz I cried watching him on The Voice xoxox)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYEkvHvB0KU
Lyrics:
A Case of You
“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
And I would still 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 toching 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 still I’d 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.
