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The Laughing Gnome by David Bowie

I was walking
Down the high street
When I (1)__________ footsteps behind me
And (2)__________ was a little old man (hello!)
Scarlet and Gray, chuckling away

Well he trotted
Back to my house
And he sat beside the (3)__________ (ahh)
With his (4)________ hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, (5)________________ all day

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

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (7)________________ gnome and you can't (8)__________ me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing (9)__________ and you can't catch me
Said the (10)________________ 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 (11)________ 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 woke up
He was sitting on the (12)________ of my bed
With his brother who's name was Fred
He brought him along
To (13)________ me a song

alright let's (14)________ 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 laughing 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 gnome anyway haha)
haven't you got a home to go to?
(no, we are gnome-ads hehe)
didn't (16)________ teach you to get your hair cut at (17)____________ you look like a (18)______________ gnome
(nah, not at the London school of eco-gnome-ics)

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