I met my love by the gas works wall
I dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town


I heard a siren coming from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
And I smelled the spring on the smoky wind
It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town


And clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling laying on the beat
There spring's a girl in the street at night
It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town


I'm going to make me a big sharp axe
With shiny steel tempered in the fire
Gonna cut you down like an old oak tree
It's a 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
It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town