Dirty Old Town

I met my love by the gasworks croft

Dreamed a dream by the old canal

Kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Clouds are drifting across the moon

Cats and dogs, prowling on their beat

Spring's a girl in the streets at night

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Dirty old town, dirty old town

I heard a siren from the docks

Saw a train set the night on fire

Smelled the fall on the smoky wind

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Gonna get myself a good sharp ax

Shining steel tempered in the fire

Gonna cut you down like a dead old tree

Dirty old town, dirty old town

I found my love by the gasworks croft

Dreamed a dream by the old canal

Kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Dirty old town, dirty old town