To the tune of "Poison Ivy," by the Coasters

You're working at the mine

And everything's fine

but wish that you had known

what the air is doing to your bones

Bowden's plague, Bowden's plague

All the time when you're breathing

Bowden's plague is always seething around

You'll be making good money

But feeling kind of funny

Your muscles all will freeze

Just from standing in the breeze

Bowden's plague, Bowden's plague

All the time when you're breathing

Bowden's plague is always seething around

Weapons, they can scratch you, dermal mender'll patch you,

There's drugs that go to work with just one sniff

Well the Damplung can cool ya, Hydrozapam can cure ya,

But Bowden's plague is gonna make you stiff

You're gonna need a sea

of Pascaline D

If you're a miner in this town

the minute you set foot underground

Bowden's plague, Bowden's plague

All the time when you're breathing

Bowden's plague is always seething around

Weapons, they can scratch you, dermal mender'll patch you,

There's drugs that go to work with just one sniff

Well the Damplung can cool ya, Hydrozapam can cure ya,

But Bowden's plague is gonna make you stiff

You're gonna need a sea

of Pascaline D

If you're a miner in this town

the minute you set foot underground