By far the worst is the hambuger lady
We must heal them for the qualified technicians (qualified technicians, qualified technicians)
Worst (worst)
Alternating nights are automatic
She's lying there

Hamburger Lady (Hamburger Lady)
Hamburger Lady (Hamburger Lady)

She's dying, she's burned from the waist up (she's burned from the waist up)
On her arm
Her ear is burned up and her nose (her nose)
Her eyelashes and fingers are burned, she can't anything
And even with medical advances, there's no end in sight
For the Hamburger Lady
When somebody tells you that there is a level of pain beyond which the human mind
Beyond which is the level of pain of the lady on the potty chair
Unrelievedly
Burned from the waist down
That's what keeps her alive, the tubes
And the nice nurses
Hamburger Lady
Hamburger Lady
She's okay if you change the tubes
Tubes in her legs, the tubes in her arms
Then the medic came and when he came out and saw one of the burn nurses at the desk
She was eating a can of Chilli-mac
And he flashed on the carpet, he flashed on the floor
The Hamburger Lady
Stretch since she came to us
Unrelievedly
The qualified technicians

Hamburger Lady
Hamburger Lady
Two minutes every three weeks and two minutes everyday
Things around seep in pain, knowing pain
Propping in the potty chair, keeps kneeled down
Qualified technicians
Haunting touch, keeps her alive

Hamburger Lady, he flashed on the floor


Lyrics submitted by gummomohawk, edited by michael104

Hamburger Lady Lyrics as written by Cosey Fanni Tutti Chris Carter

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  • +6
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    "...By far the worst is the hamburger lady, and because of shortage right now of 'qualified technicians', e.g. technicians who can work with her and keep their last meal down, Screwloose Lauritzen and I have been alternating nights with her, unrelievedly. If you put a 250-lb meatloaf in the oven and then burned it and then followed that by propping it up on a potty-chair to greet you at 11pm each night, you would have some description of these past two weeks. Which is to say the worst I seen since viet napalms. When somebody tells you that there is a level of pain beyond which the human mind cannot retain consciousness, please tell them to write me. In point of fact this lady has not slept more than 3-5 minutes at a stretch since she came to us - that was over two weeks ago and, thanks to medical advances, there is no end in sight; from the waist (waste?) up everything is burned off, ears, nose etc - lower half is untouched and that, I guess, is what keeps her alive. I took one guy in to help me change tubes and he did alright, that is alright till he came out, then he spotted one of the burn nurses (pleasant smiling zombies) eating a can of chile-mac at the desk, and that did it: he flashed on the carpet. It is fucking insane is what it is."

    -part of a letter sent by Al Ackerman from Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. 1978

    from the DOA sleeve. so i guess i'm right. and now i will never sleep again.

    one or clownon September 20, 2008   Link
  • +3
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    Throbbing Gristle tried to create a disorienting aura to illustrate the pain, dispair, and confusion of a woman who was burnt so badly from the waste up that her flesh looked like hamburger meat. They also tried to create an ominous, evil sound to display the cruelty of keeping someone like that alive. It's a very disturbing song.

    Mirvinon June 03, 2008   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    "When somebody tells you there’s a level of pain beyond the human mind The lady on the potty-chair"

    That is so powerful. Because usually the idea of 'pain' is the dramatic, tragically beautiful sort of thing. But this level of pain is not something you can turn into a Shakespearean play. It is beyond degrading, humiliating, painful suffering.

    fizzypopismon January 08, 2011   Link
  • +2
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    I like the ads for google on this page... Right now it's saying to get a Prime Rib Burger from Carl's Junior... kind of weird huh?

    cupid de lockeon July 29, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I read once that his song was about a woman who was in a fire and she got so badly burned that her skin was deformed and melted and she was immobile and spent the rest of her life in a hospital frightening people with her gastly appearence.

    gummomohawkon May 28, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    this is true. the name actually comes from the fact that her skin was so badly burned it looked like hamburger meat.

    very creepy song. hamburger lady is classic.

    thunderperfectmindon January 08, 2006   Link
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    This is the most frightening song of all time. I remember disctinctly the first time I heard it. I couldn't really understand the lyrics and didn't even know he was saying "Hamburger Lady". Just sounded like a form of gibberish. Then I looked at the song title.... If you want to terrifying someone, this one will work. And if done at certain times, it will permanently drive them insane. Without a doubt the most haunting song ever made... I don't see how it will ever be topped again.

    Shaludon September 09, 2008   Link
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    i guess these lyrics are accurate, but...

    at the 'burn net... account of killing' part, i thought Gen was saying something about one of the 'burn nurses' coming in (to the Hamburger Lady's room, i thought) 'eating a can of chili'

    ...which is the creepiest fuckin thought i've ever had, so i hope i'm wrong

    one or clownon September 20, 2008   Link
  • 0
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    Man, This song remind me of "Cesaro Summability"

    AmbervsTracy2007on November 27, 2009   Link
  • 0
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    Melvin's on fire! Melvin's on fire!

    MTDon May 22, 2017   Link

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