The Laughing Gnome by David Bowie

I was walking
Down the (1)________ street
When I heard footsteps behind me
And there was a (2)____________ old man (hello!)
Scarlet and Gray, chuckling away

Well he trotted
Back to my house
And he sat beside the (3)__________ (ahh)
With his tiny (4)__________ on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day

I'll (5)________ to report you to the (6)__________ office
(gnome office? ahahahah!)

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't (7)__________ me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me
Said the laughing gnome

Well I gave him roasted toadstools
And a glass of dandelion wine (*burp* pardon)
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bags, and gave him a fag (have you got a (8)__________ boy?)

hey where do you (9)________ from?
(gnome-ans land, hehe!)
oh really?

In the morning
When i (10)________ up
He was sitting on the (11)________ of my bed
With his brother who's (12)________ was Fred
He brought him along
To sing me a song

alright let's hear it
now, what's (13)________ clicking noise?
(that's Fred, he's a metro-gnome, haha)

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (14)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (15)________________ gnome and you can't catch me

(oh now, i'm a (16)__________ anyway haha)
haven't you got a (17)________ to go to?
(no, we are gnome-ads hehe)
didn't they (18)__________ you to get (19)________ hair cut at school you (20)________ like a rolling gnome
(nah, not at the London (21)____________ of eco-gnome-ics)

Now they're staying
Up me chimney
And we're living on cavier and honey (hurray!)
Cos they're (22)______________ me lots of money
Writing comedy prose
For radio shows

it's the errrr
it's the gnome-service of course!

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee (oh really)
I'm a laughing (23)__________ and you can't catch me
(one more time!)
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me

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