Karma Police
KARMA POLICE (4:21) Song info
Karma police, arrest this man
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radio

Karma police, arrest this girl
Her Hitler hairdo is
Making me feel ill
And we have crashed her party

This is what you get
This is what you get
This is what you get when you mess with us

Karma Police
I've given all I can
It's not enough
I've given all I can
But we're still on the payroll

This is what you get
This is what you get
This is what you get when you mess with us

And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself

For for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
For for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself


In the early version, the first verse went:
Karma police arrest this girl
She stares at me
As if she owns the world and
We have crashed her party
Available on: OK Computer, Karma Police (UK CD1), Karma Police (UK CD2), Karma Police (UK 12"), Karma Police (Japan CD), Karma Police (Holland CD1), Karma Police (Holland CD2), Karma Police (France CD), Karma Police (Belgium CD), Karma Police (Australia CD), Karma Police (UK promo 7"), College Karma (US CD)
Other Versions: none.

Jonny: "It was a band catchphrase for a while on tour - whenever someone was behaving in a particularly shitty way, we'd say "The karma police will catch up with him sooner or later." You have to rely on something like that, even though we're probably just kidding ourselves. But it's not a revenge thing, just about being happy with your own behaviour."   

Thom: "Karma is an important idea. I like it. It makes me nicer to people. It fills me with joy. This song makes me laugh. It was Ed's idea."     

Ed: When someone in the band behaved like an asshole, one of the others always said : "The Karma Police is gonna get you". I suppose it's all rubbish that your destiny depends on your deeds in a previous life, but you have to trust on something.   

During the shoot of the Karma Police video, carbon monoxide was thrown out of the air conditioner, so as Thom sang and performed for the video, he was poisoning himself to death. During the final "I lost myself" refrain, he fainted. Right after they were done, they took him out of the car and gave him oxygen. He got better. [thanks dave s.] 



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