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 (3)____________ the telly (ahh)
With his (4)________ (5)__________ on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing 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 catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing (8)__________ and you can't catch me
Said the laughing gnome

Well I gave him (9)______________ toadstools
And a glass of dandelion wine (*burp* pardon)
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bags, and (10)________ him a fag (have you got a light boy?)

hey (11)__________ do you (12)________ from?
(gnome-ans land, hehe!)
oh really?

In the morning
When i woke up
He was sitting 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 laughing gnome and you can't (13)__________ me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't (14)__________ 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 they teach you to get your (15)________ cut at (16)____________ you (17)________ like a rolling 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 (18)__________ (hurray!)
Cos they're earning 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 gnome and you can't catch me
(one more time!)
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (19)________________ gnome and you can't catch me

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