Dirty Old Town

I met my love by the gasworks wall

I dreamed a dream by the old canal

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Clouds are drifting across the moon

Cats are prowling on their beat

Spring's a girl from the streets at night

Dirty old town, dirty old town

I heard a siren from the docks

I saw a train set the night on fire

I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

Dirty old town, dirty old town

I'm gonna make me a big strong axe

Shining steel tempered in the fire

I’ll cut you down like an old dead tree

Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Break]

I met my love by the gasworks wall

I dreamed a dream by the old canal

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Dirty old town, dirty old town