I
met me love
by the gasworks ball.
I
dreamed a dream
by the old Kenner.
I kissed me love by the factory wall.
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
I heard the siren
from the dock.
Saw a train set the night on fire.
Smelled a spring
in the smoke it went.
Dirty old town,
dirty old town.
Clouds are drifting through
the moon.
Birds are prowling on their beech.
Spring singer
in the street at night.
Dirty old town, dirty old town.
I'm gonna make you a new man.
Gonna make
me a brand sharp axe.
Shining steel
tempered in the fire.
I'd chop you down
like a dead old tree.
Dirty old town,
dirty old town.
Met me love by the gasworks ball.
Dreamed a dream
by the old Kenner.
I kissed me love
by the factory wall.
Dirty old town,
dirty old town.
Dirty old town, dirty old town.