the laughing gnome

Singer:bowie, david

i was walking down the high street

when i heard footsteps behind me. and there was a little old man

in scarlet and gray

chuckling 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."

Lyric Context: the laughing gnome - bowie, david