Dirty Old Town

Dirty Old Town - Luke Kelly

I met my love

By the gas works wall

Dreamed a dream

By the old canal

I kissed my girl

By the factory wall

Dirty old town

Dirty old town

Clouds are drifting

Across the moon

Cats are prowling

On their beat

Spring-s-a girl

From the streets at night

Dirty old town

Dirty old town

I heard a siren

From the docks

Saw a train

Set the night on fire

Smelled the spring

On the smoky wind

Dirty old town

Dirty old town

I'm going to make

Me a good sharp axe;

Shining steel

Tempered in

The Fire

I'll chop you down

Like an old dead tree

Dirty old town

Dirty old town

I met my love

By the gas works wall

Dreamed a dream

By the old canal

I kissed my girl

By the factory wall

Dirty old town

Dirty old town

Dirty old town

Dirty old town