I remember on the list a long time ago, we had the discussion about ACOY, and of course the "mouth like yours" issue came up. I had always thought that this meant that Joni met a woman that reminded her of the object of her affections. She met someone with a similar personality and had had smiliar experiences in *her* life as this man. It wasn't that the woman was physically related to her "holy wine", i never thought of it as a looking alike or being related thing. It's that she carried her conversations in the same way as Joni's man; she reminded Joni of this man. This other woman would have told Joni that despite the hardships in getting to know her, it is ultimately worth it for *her* lover (?!?). Joni extrapolated from this and generalised it onto the issue occupying her mind; her experience with this other woman gave her an insight into the others perspective, the perspecitive of her gentleman friend. This woman reaffirmed for Joni that the man has a "sweet" side, once the the "bitter" side could be overcome. Then of course the discussion on this list made me think of it in another way (hell, isnt that one of the great strengths of this particular list?). I think someone speculated that it could have been Leonard Cohens sister (although i don't remember exactly). So now, i think i can see that this woman with the "mouth like yours" may be *someones* mother or sister, and when you put it into the Joni chronology, i do think that you come up with James Taylor as l'homme du jour. BUT, she may have been writing in hindsight. She may have been working through feelings she harboured from a previous relationship, so i'm not so sure if it's always a good idea to speculate about the object of her affections (not that i don't like a good piece of gossip of course, lol) GARRET
np- A Case Of You, Joni
