I Burn Today Lyrics - Honeycomb - Frank Black

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