The lead single off of the album, it was the only track that Ministry had produced in the time between the release of ‘The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste’ and then. The band got a $750,000 advance from Sire Records to make the new album but spent all of it on drugs. The band then sent the song in...
"Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true
Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil
Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long"
Ding dang a dong bong bing bong
Ticky ticky thought of a gun
Every time I try to do it all now, baby
Am I on the run?
Why, why, why, why, why, baby?
If it's so evil then?
Give me my time, with all my power
Give it to me all again, wow
Ding a ding a dang a dong dong ding dong everywhere I go
Every time you tell me, baby
When I settle down
Got to get me a trailer park
And hold my world around
Why, why, why, why?
Ding ding dong dong dong ding dong
Dingy dingy son of a gun
Half my time I tell you, baby
Never am I all for sure
Why, why, why, why, why, baby?
Sicky sicky from within
Every time I stick my finger on in ya
You're a wild wild little town bitch
Now how 'bout ding a dang dong dong dong ling long
Dingy a dingy dong a down
Every time you tell me, baby
When I settle down
Got to get me a trailer park
And hold my world around
Why, why, why, why?
In my dang a ding a ding a ding dong
A sticky sticky son of a gun
Ding a danga danga dong dong ding dong
Why, why? Never know
Why, why wack a dong a dang ding dong
Then you take it on the bill
Ding dang dong don't dong
I wanna love ya
Why, why, why, why, why, darling
Do you, do you tell me to play?
Half the time I talk about it all now, baby
You know what I'm talkin' about, I said
Why, why, why
It'll ticky ticky ticky ticky son of a gun
Ding ding dong a bong bong bing bong
Ticky ticky thought of a gun
Bing bing bang a bang a bang bing bong bing a bing bang a bong
Binga bing a bang a bong bong bing bong bing banga bong
Bing bing bang a bong bong bing bing binga binga banga bong
Bing bing bang a bang bang bing bong
Why, why, why, why?
Ding dang a dang bong bing bong
Ticky ticky thought of a gun
Every time I try to do it all now, baby
Am I on the run?
Why, why, why
It'll ticky ticky ticky ticky ticky ticky dawn of a gun
Bing bing bang a bong a bong bing bang a
Ticky ticky thought of a gun
Bing bip bip a bop bop boom bam
Ticky ticky through the day
If you got a doubt 'bout, baby
The memory is on the bed
Why, why, why, why, why, darlin'?
Uh, it don't know
When my time is on might tell me never do it on his own
If my time was all as is yours make me burn a wish
When my time with you is brutish, no, I'll never not ever
Why, why, why, why, why, why, baby, heavy hell?
Alone and it's here it's this thunder
The thunder, oh, thunder, oh
Jesus built my car
It's a love affair
Mainly Jesus and my hot rod
Yeah, fuck it
Jesus Built My Hotrod was written by Michael Balch & Bill Rieflin & Gibby Haynes & Paul Barker & Al Jourgensen.
Jesus Built My Hotrod was produced by Paul Barker & Al Jourgensen.
Ministry released Jesus Built My Hotrod on Thu Nov 07 1991.
Frontman Al Jourgensen related the story of the song’s production in a 2012 interview with songfacts.com:
That was insane. That was the most insane song ever. First of all, Warner Brothers gave us a $750,000 budget to do a record. We, of course shot it all up our arms and put it up our noses and di...