| lyric | 1. I met my love by the gasworks door,
dreamed a dream by the old canal.
Kissed my boy by the fact’ry wall,
dirty old town, dirty old town.
2. I heard a whistle coming from the docks
and a train set the night on fire.
Smelled the spring on a smoke-filled air,
dirty old town, dirty old town.
3. The moon is shifting behind a clowd,
cats are crawling all along the beat.
Springs a girl in the streets at night,
dirty old town, dirty old town.
4. I’m gonna get me a nice sharp axe,
shining steel temperet in a fire.
Cut you down like anold dead tree,
dirty old town, dirty old town.
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I found my love by the gasworks cry,
dreamed a dreame, by the old canal,
Kissed my girl, by the fact’ry wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
I heard a siren from the dock,
Saw a train set the night on fire,
Smelled the spring in the smoky wind,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
Clouds are drifting across the moon,
Cats are prowling on their beat,
Spring’s a girl in the street at night,
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
I’m going to make a good sharp axe,
Shining steel, tempered in the fire,
We’ll chop you down like an old dead tree,
Dirty old town, dirty old town. |