The Laughing Gnome [Bowie]

I was walking down the high street
When I heard footsteps behind me
And there was a little old man
In scarlet and grey, shuffling away

Well, he trotted back to my house
And he sat beside the telly
With his tiny hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day

I ought to report you to the Gnome office
Gnome Office, a-ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me

Said the laughing gnome

Well, I gave him roasted toadstools
And a glass of dandelion wine
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bag and gave him a fag

Haven't you got a light, boy?
Here, where do you come from?
Gnome-man's land, ha hee hee hee
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
He'd bought him along to sing me a song

Right, let's hear it

Here, what's that clicking noise?
That's Fred, he's a metrognome, ha ha

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me

Ha ha, own up, I'm a gnome, ain't I? Ha ha
Haven't you got a gnome to go to?
No, we're gnomads, a-hee hee

Didn't they teach you to get your hair cut at school? You look like a rolling gnome
No, not at the London School of Ecognomics

Now they're staying up the chimney
And we're living on caviar and honey
'Cause they're earning me lots of money
Writing comedy prose for radio shows

It's the-er, it's the Gnome Service, of course

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me
Ha ha ha, oh, dear me
I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me

Happens all the time, ha ha ha

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me
Album(s)
Love You Till Tuesday
The Deram Anthology (1966-1968)
Single(s)
The Laughing Gnome
Video(s)
Tour(s)