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
Springs 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
I smelled the spring
on the smokey wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I'm gonna make me
a big 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
Dirty old town
Dirty old town