I met a girl by the factory wall

I dreamed a dream by the old canal

And I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town dirty old town



Clouds adrift across the moon

Cats are prowling on their beat

Springs a girl from the street at night

Dirty old town another dirty old town





I heard a siren on the dock

I saw a train light the night on fire

I smelled a spring on the smoky wind

That dirty old town dirty old town



I'm gonna build a good sharp axe

Shining steel tempered in the fire

And I'll cut you down like an old dead tree

In that dirty old town dirty old town



In that dirty old town dirty old town