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 are 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.
  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"
  Well 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"
  But you are in my blood
  You're my holy wine
  So bitter, 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.