Dirty Old Town

The Pogues

Met my love, by the gas yard wall
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal

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 in the street at night
Dirty old town, dirty old town


Heard a siren from the dock
Saw a train set the night on fire
smelled the breeze on the smokey wind
Dirty old town, dirty old town

I'm going to make a big sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town

Met my love, by the gas yard wall
Dreamed a dream, by the old canal
Kissed my girl, by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Dirty old town, dirty old town