I met my love by the gas works craft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my boy by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring´s a boy from the streets at night
It´s a dirty old town, dirty old town

I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
And I smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Dirty old town, dirty old town

I´m gonna make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I´ll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town

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