Deirdre performs Joni Mitchell's 'A Case of You' on dulcimer with an orchestral arrangement by her father, Leland Thomas Faegre who also plays piano on the track...
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Story behind the song
Immediately following the configuration of the studio in Lake Tahoe, I recorded Deirdre playing dulcimer on Joni Mitchell's 'A Case of You,' a track I have always loved and began to consider the arrangement in much the same way as George Martin approached the orchestration of Paul McCartney's 'Yesterday.'
I recorded myself on piano and it was not long before I had parts written for sections of violins, violas, cellos, French horns and English horns but had to put off the project in favor of others which gave me more time to consider the arrangement further. All in all, 'A Case of You' was nearly a year in production...
Lyrics
Just before our love got lost you said
I am as constant as a northern star
And I said, constant in the darkness
Wheres that at?
If you want me Ill 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 your face sketched on it twice
Oh 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
And I would still be on my feet
Oh Id still be on my feet
Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
Im frightened by the devil
And Im drawn to those ones that aint 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 but you taste so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you
I could drink a case of you darling
Still Id be on my feet
And 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
Color go to him, stay with him if you can
Oh but be prepared to bleed
Oh but you are in my blood youre my holy wine
Oh and you taste so bitter, bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you darling
Still Id be on my feet
Id still be on my feet
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