The Laughing Gnome by David Bowie

I was walking
Down the high street
When I heard (1)__________________ behind me
And (2)__________ was a (3)____________ old man (hello!)
Scarlet and Gray, (4)__________________ away

Well he trotted
Back to my house
And he sat beside the (5)__________ (ahh)
With his (6)________ (7)__________ on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day

I'll have to (8)____________ you to the gnome office
(gnome office? ahahahah!)

Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (9)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (10)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
Said the laughing gnome

Well I gave him roasted toadstools
And a (11)__________ of dandelion wine (*burp* pardon)
Then I put him on a (12)__________ 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 woke up
He was (13)______________ on the edge of my bed
With his (14)______________ who's (15)________ was Fred
He (16)______________ 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 catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing 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 (17)________ teach you to get your hair cut at school you (18)________ 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 honey (hurray!)
Cos they're (19)______________ 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 (20)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee (oh really)
I'm a laughing (21)__________ 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

Answers: