We kept seeing car around First of all we saw it outside Burger on Byres Road Badly parked, about five feet away the kerb And at the angle, as if he'd stopped there in a hurry
Then my brother saw it outside the the swimming pool and the badminton courts are And later again I saw it outside the off-license to the pavement this time, and parallel too
We ever saw the car parked But it seemed to be outside somewhere I liked to go And then, when we went out for dinner on wee Karn's And we hanging our coats up on the coat-rack
We saw Columbo's old mac hanging there In all the expensive fur and leather and things I had a quick look around while we were being to our table To see if he was there, but I see him anywhere
But one night While I was sitting outside on the Playing my I heard a car stopping on the gravel in of me
And while I tried to Which way 'round to put the L-shaped Tetras 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 fascinating machines", he said But I'd built up a high pile, which needed a single line For down the side, and I couldn't look up in case it
"It certainly is nice around here", Columbo And I heard his mac moving as he around The single line I'd been waiting for didn't come And soon my was filled 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 think you could call it murder" "Well, what are you investigating?", I him
"Well, sir, a case of counterfeit notes Perhaps call it theft, but I'm not rightly sure 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 him how to start up a game But pretty soon the screen was full and he shook his "Well, well", he
"You know, Mrs. Columbo, she's great at 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 your 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 start up game
But then he stopped, "Oh, I'm sorry", he one hand up in the air, with a cigar between his fingers And looking down at the ground, "Just a thing", he said And he the back of his head With the hand that had up in the air
"With something that, sir, that little machine you have there someone be able to make samples with that From and stuff?", I laughed and shook my head "That's fine, sir", he said, "I was curious" Then he got the car and drove away
I didn't think I'd see him again that, but I was very wrong I began to see his car a lot more Quite often outside the of people I knew And not only that, but just lately he's started up I might be
Asking me all kinds of crazy About technology and sampling and he's trying to learn all about it It got me quite worried for a while, but I think I'll be I think I've got him foxed, I think I've way too clever for him