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The Laughing Gnome by David Bowie

I was walking
Down the high street
When I heard (1)__________________ 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 (3)____________ the (4)__________ (ahh)
With his tiny hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day

I'll have to report you to the gnome office
(gnome office? ahahahah!)

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (5)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't (6)__________ me
Said the laughing gnome

Well I gave him (7)______________ toadstools
And a glass of dandelion (8)________ (*burp* pardon)
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bags, and gave him a fag (have you got a light boy?)

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

In the morning
When i woke up
He was (10)______________ on the edge of my bed
With his brother who's name was Fred
He brought him along
To sing me a song

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

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (11)________________ gnome and you can't (12)__________ me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (13)________________ gnome and you can't catch me

(oh now, i'm a (14)__________ anyway haha)
haven't you got a (15)________ to go to?
(no, we are gnome-ads hehe)
didn't they (16)__________ you to get your (17)________ cut at school you look like a (18)______________ gnome
(nah, not at the (19)____________ school of eco-gnome-ics)

Now they're staying
Up me chimney
And we're living on (20)____________ and (21)__________ (hurray!)
Cos they're earning me lots of money
Writing comedy prose
For (22)__________ shows

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

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (23)________________ (24)__________ and you can't (25)__________ me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee (oh really)
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me
(one (26)________ time!)
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me
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