Varanasi Trail

wanderstruck, at sea without a sail, tokin' guru on the varanasi trail,
renounce the world,
denounce the forces, courses that wend their ways to collision
subterfuge! cries the subconscious mind, i need to go, i need to seek and find
the meaning,
the feeling of reaching deep into the heart divine
mystical misadventures in elixirs and blessed tinctures, rituals and
frankincense in the pursuit of transcendence
walk the path, the line, the road, the riverbank, at every flank a godman with
a handbook
— «10 Quick Steps To Nirvana»
somebody’s been driving my karma
somebody ran over my schemes
someone took a piece of my dharma
and left me severed at the knees
guru-dakshina — salve for the soul, god for 3 pieces of gold
faith, patience, a vial of pills, the swami’s off on a delivery of thrills
oh, this emptiness inside, I need substance to feel alright, smoke the pipe,
the peace pipe, boom shankar, BOOM!
somebody’s been driving my karma
somebody ran over my schemes
someone took a piece of my dharma
and left me severed at the knees
wonderlust, belief without a veil, ridin' shotgun on the Varanasi trail,
face the world, deface the girl — the churl, oh put it down to religion
sacred remains sacrosanct, to believe in god is to do good to man,
your destiny’s in your own hands
somebody’s been driving my karma
somebody ran over my schemes
someone took a piece of my dharma
and left me severed at the knees