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I don't own any rights for the song.

"The Fat Lady Of Limbourg" is a song by Brian Eno from his 1974 album "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)".

Let Eno himself tell us what the hell the song is about:

"...A fantasy about low life. The speaker represents an unidentified organisation hiring someone for a job, the Fat Lady of Limbourg is an expert on something - some unspecified substance. Limbourg is a town in Belgium famed for its very large asylum. The inmates outnumber the townsfolk. The Fat Lady is one of the inmates, and her past may or may not be real. 'That's what we're paid for' - we're just doing a job - we have no feelings about it! A Burroughs-type song".

Got it, Brian, thank you.

Lyrics:

Well, I rang up Pantucci,
Spoke to Lu-chi,
I gave them all
They needed to know.
If affairs are proceeding
As we're expecting,
Soon enough
the weak spots will show.

I assume you understand that we have options on your time,
And will ditch you in the harbour if we must.
But if it all works out nicely,
You'll get the bonus you deserve
From doctors we trust.

The Fat Lady of Limbourg
Looked at the samples that we sent
And furrowed her brow.
You would never believe that
She'd tasted royalty and fame
If you saw her now.

But her sense of taste is such that she'll distinguish with her tongue
The subtleties a spectrograph would miss,
And announce her decision,
While demanding her reward:
The jellyfish kiss.

Now we checked out this duck quack
Who laid a big egg, oh so black
It shone just like gold.
And the kids from the city,
Finding it pretty, took it home,
And there it was sold.

It was changing hands for weeks till someone left it by their fire
And it melted to a puddle on the floor:
For it was only a candle, a Roman scandal oh oh oh,
Now it's a pool.

That's what we're paid for
That's what we're paid for
That's what we're paid for here.

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