Bumsdünger (Ode to Ammonium Nitrate)

Ludwig had a harbour & they blew it right up – 1921 2,000 crispy critters were the result – but the party just begun / 1948 it’s raining parts of trains / under the blazing Rhineland sun / just 1 spark cargo went up in flames / why does Lu’hafen get all the fun? 1917 in Halifax – Mt. Blanc met the Imo kids Cap’n charge musta got the sack/1,600 got their asses lit 1948 in the town West, TX/SS Grand Camp went boom 2,000 tons on board were handled reckless / 581 met their doom – CHORUS: And all ‘cause of fertilizer: BUMSDÜNGER! 1916 in Faversham they got a real unpleasant surprise They felt it in Norwich and wondered why/the body parts rained from the sky / 2009 city of Toulouse / 29 victims had nothing to lose / The NH4 to the NO3 / 1,200 ain’t getting their houses back for free / CHORUS 1918 on the island of Jersey / Gillespie Company Something went boom in the artillery / 4,000 tons of nitrate set free / Thörl & Glückauf – 1914 / thanks to P.O.W. slavery / case of sabotage in the ammo factory / biggest boom in northern German history Don’t let your slaves get their hands on: BUMSDÜNGER! Bridge: When plant food makes a big boom/ ya know ya heard somebody say: The wheat fields gotta eat something/but there’s gotta be a better way! Oklahoma City 1995 / street sauce all over the pavement 158 kissed their asses goodbye/McVeigh tried to make a statement/and all with the help of AMMONIUM NITRATE! Make your perfect improvised explosive devices!