I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town
Dirty old town Clouds a drifting across the moon
Cats a 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
Will 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
Kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town
Dirty old town Dirty old town
Dirty old town