Intro: | | Verse: 1 I found my love by the gas works craft Dreamed a dream by the old canal I Kissed my boy by the factory wall Dirty old town Dirty old town Verse: 2 Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring's a boy from the street at night Dirty old town Dirty old town Instrumental | | | | | | | | Verse: 3 N.C. I Heard a siren from the docks Saw a train set the night on fire And I smelled the spring on the smoky wind Dirty old town Dirty old town Verse: 4 I'm gonna make a goood sharp axe Shining steel tempered in the fire And I'll chop you down like an old dead tree Dirty old town Dirty old town Dirty old town Dirty old town Outro Dirty old town Dirty old town