YouLyric
Sign in
Sign up for free
The Laughing Gnome
Share
David Bowie
What's this song about?
Generate meaning
1
I was walking down the high street
2
When I heard footsteps behind me
3
And there was a little old man (hello)
4
In scarlet and grey, shuffling away (laughter)
5
Well he trotted back to my house
6
And he sat beside the telly (oaah..)
7
With his tiny hands on his tummy
8
Chuckling away, laughing all day (laughter)
9
Oh, I ought to report you to the gnome office
10
(gnome office)
11
Yes
12
(hahahahaha)
13
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
14
"I'm a laughing gnome and you don't catch me"
15
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
16
"I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me"
17
Said the laughing gnome
18
Well I gave him roasted toadstools and a glass of dandelion wine (burp, pardon)
19
Then I put him on a train to eastbourne
20
Carried his bag and gave him a fag
21
(haven't you got a light boy? )
22
"here, where do you come from? "
23
(gnome-man's land, hahihihi)
24
"oh, really? "
25
In the morning when I woke up
26
He was sitting on the edge of my bed
27
With his brother whose name was fred
28
He'd bought him along to sing me a song
29
Right, let's hear it
30
Here, what's that clicking noise?
31
(that's fred, he's a "metrognome", haha)
32
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
33
"I'm a laughing gnome and you don't catch me"
34
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
35
"I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me"
36
(own up, I'm a gnome, ain't I right, haha)
37
"haven't you got an 'ome to go to? "
38
(no, we're gnomads)
39
"didn't they teach you to get your hair cut at school? you look like a rolling gnome."
40
(no, not at the london school of ecognomics)
41
Now they're staying up the chimney
42
And we're living on caviar and honey (hooray!)
43
Cause they're earning me lots of money
44
Writing comedy prose for radio shows
45
It's the-er (what? )
46
It's the gnome service of course
47
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
48
"I'm a laughing gnome and you don't catch me"
49
Ha ha ha, oh, dear me
50
(ha ha ha, hee hee hee
51
"I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me"
52
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
53
"I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me")
54
(one more time, yeah)
David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome
139 views
0 meanings
Go Pro
Unlimited meanings ยท Priority generation
Upgrade
