Karma Cowboy

By Dan Turèll

Karma Cowboy Theme Song

Some folks got to reason
Oh but I hope you´ll understand
I don´t reason nothin´ I´m just
ridin´ thru the land
ridin´
ridin´ thru the land
writin´
daybreak thru my hand

The Karma Cowboy
is only a tool
in the hands of a Karma
that makes him a fool

He´ll go upside-down
and back ´round the bend
He´ll see Death Mouth eating
each postcard you send

He plays the act
he knows how to play
He says the things
he´s got to say
He rides around
from town to town
just full-time turnin´
upside-down

He got no plan
Got no idea
He may not be
´I not even here´
But as the wind
and smoke may dance
you´ll see him move
by simple chance

He has to die
some other day
That´s just to live
some other way
And as they take him
out of sight
a voiceless voice
says ´it´s all right´

Taken from Contemporary Danish Poetry, Twayne Publishers 1977