KARMA MAN

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Song Title
KARMA MAN
Writers
Bowie
Publisher
ESSEX MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
US AND CANADA
Themes/Keywords
Karma, Learn, Lesson, Life, Slow, Sun
Lyrics
Finger tip sunlit side shows stalls they throw the balls
At coconut fur that hides behind colored shades that blind your eyes
Ev’ry child’s mother holds an ice cream cone, they circle round,
Perceived unknown by an eye that peers thru a hole in the fence where no one goes.
A figure sitting cross-legged on the floor, he’s cloaked and clothed in saffron robes,
His beads are all he owns.

Chorus:
Slow down, slow down,
Someone must have said, “Let’s slow him down.”
Slow down, slow down, it’s written on the arms of the Karma Man.

Fairy tale skin depicting scenes from human zoos,
Impermanent toys like peace and war,
A gentle face you’ve seen before
Karma Man tattooed on your side, my wheel of life,
I see my times and who I’ve been,
I only dig now and I don’t know why.
I struggle hard to take these pictures in,
But all my friends see is just the pinkness of his skin.

Chorus

Recordings

Recording Artist Genre Mood Arrangement Era iTunes
DAVID BOWIE Rock Cheerful, Humorous, Rhythmic Guitar, Vocal 1960's Buy >

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