"Hamburger Disguise" lyrics

hamburger-disguise.txt

Hamburger Disguise
Music and lyrics by Dale Emery

The girl in the box says
"Welcome to the drive-up window.
Can I take your order?"
"One coke, no ice,
and a burger to go."
"Thank you. Please come again."
Driving down the avenue,
I check into my dinner.
It's not right.
In fact, it ain't my order at all.

I didn't order fries.
My coke was filled with ice.
But the cruelest surprise
Was a Filet-o-Fish sandwich
In a hamburger disguise.

I drove home pissed,
Threw some film into my Instamatic,
Took a bunch of pictures.
Wrote the whole thing up,
Sent it off to The Globe.
The editor called me up,
said, "We'd like to run your story.
Put it in the headlines."
Next day, page one is my burger to go.

I never would believe
In my wildest dreams
I'd win the Pulitzer Prize
For a Filet-o-Fish sandwich
In a hamburget disguise.

A tap on the back...
I turned around to see who it was.
Just some freak in a clown suit.
Then a shot rang out (bang!)
And I fell to the ground.

As I lay there and died
I never thought that I'd
Meet my untimely demise
From a Filet-o-Fish sandwich
In a hamburger disguise.

I didn't order fries.
My coke was filled with ice.
But the cruelest surprise
Was a Filet-o-Fish sandwich
In a hamburger disguise.