[Verse 1]
I found my love by a gas works croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall

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Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 2]
The moon is shifting behind a cloud
Cats are crawling all along the beat
And spring's a girl in the streets at night

[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 3]
Heard a siren calling from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 4]
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
[Refrain]
Dirty old town, dirty old town