The Laughing Gnome by David Bowie

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

Well he trotted
Back to my house
And he sat (1)____________ the (2)__________ (ahh)
With his (3)________ hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day

I'll have to (4)____________ you to the gnome office
(gnome office? ahahahah!)

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (5)________________ (6)__________ and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing (7)__________ and you can't catch me
Said the laughing gnome

Well I gave him (8)______________ toadstools
And a glass of dandelion wine (*burp* pardon)
Then I put him on a (9)__________ to Eastbourne
Carried his bags, and gave him a fag (have you got a light boy?)

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

In the morning
When i (10)________ up
He was (11)______________ on the edge of my bed
With his brother who's name was Fred
He (12)______________ 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 (13)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (14)________________ gnome and you can't catch me

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

Now they're staying
Up me chimney
And we're living on (19)____________ and honey (hurray!)
Cos they're earning me lots of money
Writing (20)____________ prose
For (21)__________ 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 (22)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
(one more time!)
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (23)________________ gnome and you can't catch me

Answers: