Frank Black - 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, its 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 laid 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