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

I heard a siren howlin' from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I felt the cold of a wintery wind

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

Dark clouds drifting all across the sky
Cats were prowling all down the street
Black smoke rising from the chimney stacks

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I'm gonna make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll cut this place down like an old oak 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
Dirty old town
Dirty old town