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 i heard a siren from the docks saw a train set the night on fire i smelled the breeze on the smoky wind dirty old town dirty old town clouds are drifting across the streets cats are prowling on their beat spring s a girl on the streets at night dirty old town dirty old town i m going to make me a big sharp axe axe shining steel tempered in the fire i ll cut 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 