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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 little old man (hello!)
Scarlet and Gray, (2)__________________ away

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

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

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 laughing (4)__________ and you can't catch me
Said the (5)________________ gnome

Well I (6)________ him (7)______________ toadstools
And a glass of (8)__________________ wine (*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 sitting on the edge of my bed
With his (10)______________ who's name was Fred
He brought him along
To sing me a song

alright let's hear it
now, what's (11)________ 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 laughing (12)__________ and you can't (13)__________ me

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

Now they're staying
Up me chimney
And we're living on (18)____________ and honey (hurray!)
Cos they're (19)______________ me (20)________ of money
Writing (21)____________ prose
For radio shows

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

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (22)________________ gnome and you can't (23)__________ 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 (24)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
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