I met my love
by the gas works wall.
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.
Saw a train, set the night on fire.
Smelled the spring on the smoky wind.
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
I'm going to make me a good sharp axe;
Shining steel, tempered in the fire.
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree.
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
I met my love by the gas works wall.
Dreamed a dream by the old canal.
I kissed my girl by the factory wall.
Dirty old town, dirty old town.