The Laughing Gnome

Artist：david bowie

Songs Title：the laughing gnome

I was walking down the high street

When I heard footsteps behind me

And there was a little old man （hello）

In scarlet and grey, shuffling away （laughter）

Well he trotted back to my house

And he sat beside the telly （oaah..）

With his tiny hands on his tummy

Chuckling away, laughing all day （laughter）

Oh, I ought to report you to the gnome office

（gnome office）

Yes

（hahahahaha）

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee

Im a laughing gnome and you dont catch me

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee

Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me

Said the laughing 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 bag and gave him a fag

（havent you got a light boy? ）

Here, where do you come from?

（gnome-mans land, hahihihi）

Oh, really?

In the morning when I woke up

He was sitting on the edge of my bed

With his brother whose name was fred

Hed bought him along to sing me a song

Right, lets hear it

Here, whats that clicking noise?

（thats fred, hes a metrognome, haha）

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee

Im a laughing gnome and you dont catch me

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee

Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me

（own up, Im a gnome, aint I right, haha）

Havent you got an ome to go to?

（no, were gnomads）

Didnt you they to teach get your hair cut at school?

you look like a rolling gnome.

（no, not at the london school of ecognomics）

Now theyre staying up the chimney

And were living on caviar and honey （hooray!）

Cause theyre earning me lots of money

Writing comedy prose for radio shows

Its the-er （what? ）

Its the gnome service of course

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee

Im a laughing gnome and you dont catch me

Ha ha ha, oh, dear me

（ha ha ha, hee hee hee

Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee

Im a laughing gnome and you cant catch me）

（one more time, yeah）