I found my love by a gasworks croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town . . .

The moon is shiftin' all behind a cloud
Cats all crawl all along the beat
Springs a girl in the streets at night
Dirty old town . . .

Heard a siren from along the docks
Seen a train set the night on fire
Smelled a spring on the cool night wind
Dirty old town . . .

I think I'll make me a good sharp axe
Shinin' steel on a tempered fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town . . .