I Met my love, by the gas yard wall

Dreamed a dream, by the old canal

Kissed my girl, by the factory wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town

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Heard a siren from the dock

saw a train cut the night on fire

smelled the breeze on the smokey wind

dirty old town, dirty old town

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I'm going to make a big sharp ax

shining steel tempered in the fire

I'll cut you down like an old dead tree

dirty old town, dirty old town

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Clouds are drifting on the street

Cats are prowling on their beats

Springs a girl on the streets at night

dirty old town, dirty old town

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Met my love, by the gas yard wall

Dreamed a dream, by the old canal

Kissed my girl, by the factory wall

Dirty old town, dirty old town