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