I met a girl by the factory wallnI dreamed a dream by the old canalnAnd I kissed my girl by the factory wallnDirty old townnDirty old town nnClouds adrift across the moonnCats are prowling on their beatnSprings a girl from the street at nightnDirty old townnAnother dirty old town nnI heard a siren on the docknI saw a train light the night on firenI smelled a spring on the smoky windnThat dirty old townnDirty old town nnI'm going to build a good sharp axenShining steel tempered in the firenAnd I'll cut you down like an old dead treenIn that dirty old townnDirty old townnIn that dirty old townnDirty old townn