I Burn Today Lyrics

I knew a girl with sad blue eyes
But at the feast, I lost my psychic prize
I did forget, what the tarot maid did say
I burn today
I burn today

Our house was filled with many birds
She said to me, "I can understand their words
The land will shake, so run away"
I burn today
I burn today

Yes today, I will burn
For the times I did not learn

She said, "Have fun, it's time has come
Hold my heart strings and have yourself a strum
No, nevermore this song will we play"
I burn today
I burn today

And as I drank in old Paris
She lay her cards just to see what she would see
"Down by the water you'll find your happy days"
I burn today
I burn today

Yes today, I will burn
For the times I did not learn

I ran so fast into the north
No snow on me and so you said thenceforth
I let snow fall on frozen yesterday
I burn today
I burn today

And if my head is hanging down
I feel her arms and her legs are all around
And we make love beside the waterway
I burn today
I burn today

Yes today, I will burn
For the times I did not learn

Behold the rose of Jericho
How many lives I really do not know
Though with the rain I know it will return
Today I burn
Today I burn

Frank Black - Honeycomb

Jul 2005

1. Selkie Bride
2. I Burn Today
3. Lone Child
4. Another Velvet Nightmare
5. Dark End Of The Street
6. Go Find Your Saint
7. Song Of The Shrimp
8. Strange Goodbye
9. Sunny Sunday Mill Valley Groove Day
10. Honeycomb
11. My Life Is In Storage
12. Atom In My Heart
13. Violet
14. Sing For Joy