Dirty Old Town
I met my love by the gasworks door
Dreamed a dream by the canal
Kissed my love by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are powling on the beat
Springs a girl in the street at night
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the smokey wind
Dirty old town, dirty old town
I'm goin to make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
Well you down like a dead old tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town
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