I Burn Today

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