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, it's a dirty old town

The clouds a drifting all across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl in the streets at night
Dirty old town, it's a dirty old town

I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring in the smoky wind
Dirty old town, it's a dirty old town

I'm gonna make me a big sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
And chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, it's a 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, it's a dirty old town
Dirty old town, it's a dirty old town