Burned My Tongue

Burned My Tongue
Album	On Juhu Beach
Released	2001
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:44
Previous Track	"Transjordanian Blues"
Next Track	"World Cylinder"

Burned My Tongue is the fourth song on the EP On Juhu Beach.

Lyrics

Woke up this morning about a quarter to five
Said the prayer you'd taught me to keep myself alive
It burned my tongue
It burned my tongue

Fried some grains in butter, said a simple grace
Sat down at the table, fed my greedy face
It burned my tongue
It burned my tongue

Looked out at the ocean, I could see it so clear
Said the only name I can ever stand to hear
It burned my tongue
It burned my tongue

When I ask you to sing with me, I wish you'd sing along
Thirty years in this world, thirty years too long
It burns my tongue
It burns my tongue 

You took away my friends, you took my will to live
I gave you all I got, what more've I got to give
It burns my tongue
It burns my tongue
It burns my tongue
It burns my tongue

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

In the liner notes, John writes:

4. Burned My Tongue. 彼は棋（チェス）というゲームの規則は公平であるかどうか神と議論している。

Which reads, "He is discussing/arguing with God whether or not the rules of a game called chess is fair." The character 棋 can be read as chess, go, or another abstract strategy game, however, the parenthetical clause clarifies that he's referring to Western chess