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