Lyrics of
Karma Police

Karma Police is a song by the band Radiohead, written by lead vocalist Thom Yorke. Its part of the bands third album, OK Computer, released in 1997. The song was inspired by an inside joke among the band during touring, where they would talk about calling the karma police on anyone behaving negatively. The lyrics reflect the paranoia and alienation Yorke felt concerning the world around him at the time.

Karma Police, arrest this man
He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned ra - di - o

Karma Police, arrest this girl
Her Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill
And we have crashed her party - y

This is what you'll get
This is what you'll get
This is what you'll 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 payro - oll

This is what you'll get
This is what you'll get
This is what you'll get
When you mess with us

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


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

(x3)