I knew a girl   with sad blue eyes   put out 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      (chorus)   I burn today   I burn today   yesterday 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 eh   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   (chorus)      I ran so fast   into the north   no snow on me   and so he 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      (chorus)      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