I met my love, by the gas works wall,

dreamed a dream, by the old canal,

Kissed my girl by the factory 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

Shinning steel, tempered in the fire

We'll chop you down like an old oak tree

Dirty old town, dirty old town.