I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal.
Well 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 dock. S
aw a train set the night on fire.
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

Dirty old town; Dirty old town

I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe.
Shining steel tempered in the fire.
Well 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