Karma Man Lyrics - David Bowie

1 Fingertips sun at sideshow stalls, they throw the balls

2 At coconut furs that hide behind coloured shades that blind your eyes

3 Every child's mother holds an ice cream cone, they circle round

4 Perceived unknown by an eye that peers from a hole in a tent where no one goes

5 A figure sitting cross-legged on the floor

6 He's cloaked and clothed in saffran robes, his beads are all he owns

7 Slow down, slow down

8 Someone must have said let's slow him down

9 Slow down, slow down

10 It's pictured on the arms of the karma man

11 Fairy tale skin depicting scenes from human zoos

12 Impermanent toys like peace and war, a gentle face you've seen before

13 Karma man tattooed on your side, the wheel of life

14 I see my times and who I've been, I only live now and I don't know why

15 I struggle hard to take these pictures in, but

16 All my friends can see is just the pinkness of his skin

17 Slow down, slow down

18 Someone must have said let's slow him down

19 Slow down, slow down

20 It's pictured on the arms of the karma man