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 beside the (1)__________ (ahh)
With his (2)________ hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, (3)________________ all day
I'll (4)________ 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 gnome and you can't (5)__________ me
Said the (6)________________ gnome
Well I gave him (7)______________ toadstools
And a (8)__________ of dandelion 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 brother who's name was Fred
He brought him along
To sing me a song
alright let's (10)________ 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 (11)__________ and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't (12)__________ 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 hair cut at school you look (13)________ a (14)______________ 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 (15)________ of money
Writing (16)____________ 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 (17)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
(one more time!)
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (18)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
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 beside the (1)__________ (ahh)
With his (2)________ hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, (3)________________ all day
I'll (4)________ 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 gnome and you can't (5)__________ me
Said the (6)________________ gnome
Well I gave him (7)______________ toadstools
And a (8)__________ of dandelion 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 brother who's name was Fred
He brought him along
To sing me a song
alright let's (10)________ 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 (11)__________ and you can't catch me
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't (12)__________ 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 hair cut at school you look (13)________ a (14)______________ 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 (15)________ of money
Writing (16)____________ 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 (17)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
(one more time!)
Hah hah hah
Hee hee hee
I'm a (18)________________ gnome and you can't catch me
Answers:
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