Dirty Old Town

I met my love by the gaslight wall

Dreamed a dream by the old canal

I kissed my girl by the handball wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Cats are prowlin' all on their beat

Clouds are driftin' all across the moon

Spring's our girl from the streets at night

Dirty old town, dirty old town

I'm goin' to make a good sharp axe

Shining steel tempered in the fire

Gonna chop you down like an old dead tree

Dirty old town, dirty old town

I heard the sirens from the docks

Saw a train set the night on fire

I smelt the smoke on the icy wind

Dirty old town, dirty old town

I met my love by the gaslight wall

Dreamed a dream by the old canal

I kissed my girl by the handball wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

Dirty old town, dirty old town