Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Johnston was inspired to write “Walking the Cow” while looking at an ice cream logo featuring a young girl walking a cow. He told an interviewer the logo was for Borden brand ice cream, but it was likely Blue Bell.
Johnston explained that “walking the cow” represents:
Walking your responsibility....
[Intro]
This is a pig
Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink
Do you hear the frog?
Croak
How are you?
[Verse 1]
Try to remember
But my feelings can't know for sure
Try to reach out
But it's gone
[Chorus]
Lucky stars in your eyes
I am walking the cow
I really don't know how I came here
I really don't know why I'm staying here
Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
I am walking the cow
[Verse 2]
Tried to point my finger
But the wind was blowing me around
In circles
Circles
[Chorus]
Lucky stars in your eyes
I am walking the cow
I am walking the cow
[Outro]
Lucky stars
Walking the Cow was written by Daniel Johnston.
Walking the Cow was produced by Daniel Johnston.
In an interview in 2009, Johnston explained the story behind the phrase “walking the cow”:
There was that Borden ice cream that had the little girl walking the cow on the wrapper. I cut it out and glued it on my notebook. And later when I picked up my chord organ and started writing songs, I looked...