We kept seeing Columbo's car of all we saw it outside Burger King on Byres Road Badly parked, about five feet from the kerb And at the craziest angle, as if he'd stopped there in a
Then my saw it outside the place Where the swimming pool and the courts are And later I saw it parked outside the off-license Closer to the this time, and parallel too
We ever saw the car parked But it always seemed to be somewhere I liked to go And then, when we out for dinner on wee Karn's birthday And we hanging our coats up on the coat-rack
We saw Columbo's old mac already hanging In amongst all the expensive fur and leather and I had a quick look around we were being taken to our table To see if he was there, but I see him anywhere
But one night While I was sitting on the steps my Gameboy I heard a car on the gravel in front of me
And I tried to decide Which way 'round to put the L-shaped piece was falling, I felt someone sit down on the steps beside me And I them scratching their head And then, on the on the screen, I saw that it was him
"Those really are the most little machines", he said But I'd built up a whole high pile, which needed a line For down the side, and I look up in case it came
"It certainly is nice around here", Columbo And I his mac moving as he looked around The single line I'd been for didn't come though And my screen was filled all the way to the top
So I put it down and asked If someone around here had been murdered "Not murdered, sir, no", he said, "I don't think you could it murder" "Well, what are you investigating?", I him
"Well, sir, it's a case of notes Perhaps you'd call it theft, but I'm not rightly It's new for me, tell you that" he picked up the Gameboy and stared at it, all fascinated
"Could I? Would you mind?", he And I showed him how to start up a But soon the screen was full and he shook his head "Well, well", he
"You know, Mrs. Columbo, she's at these sorts of things But me, I just can't seem to get the of them" And he stood up and handed it to me "I'm sorry to have troubled you, sir", he
"I'll let you get to your game You know, this is a lovely area" And as he walked off the steps I until he opened the door of his car And I went to up another game
But he stopped, "Oh, I'm sorry", he said Holding one hand up in the air, with a between his fingers And looking at the ground, "Just a little thing", he said And he scratched the back of his With the that had been up in the air
"With something that, sir, that little machine you have there someone be able to make samples with that From records and stuff?", I laughed and my head "That's fine, sir", he said, "I was curious" Then he got the car and drove away
I think I'd see him again after that, but I was very wrong I to see his car around a lot more Quite outside the houses of people I knew And not only that, but just lately started turning up Wherever I be
Asking me all kinds of crazy About technology and and stuff Pretending he's trying to all about it It got me quite worried for a while, but I think be alright I think got him foxed, I think I've been way too clever for him