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