I met my love by the gasworks wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town dirty old town
Clouds a driftin across the moon
Cats a prowlin on their beat
Springs a girl in the streets at night
Dirty old town dirty old town
Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the smoke of the salford wind
Dirty old town dirty old town
Solo
I'm goin to take 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
Dirty old town dirty old town
