Dirty Old Town

I met my love
by the factory walls

dreamed a dream
by the old canal

And I kissed my girl
by the gas works 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

I smelled the spring
on the smoky wind

It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town

clouds are drifting
across the moon
cats are prowling
on their beat
spring's a girl
from the streets at night

It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town

I'm gonna make me
a good sharp ax
with shinny steel
tempered in the fire

I'll chop you down
like an old dead tree

It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town

I met my love
by the factory walls

dreamed a dream
by the old canal

And I kissed my girl
by the gas works wall

It's a dirty old town
It's a dirty old town



Credits
Writer(s): Ewan Maccoll
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