I found my love in the gas light glow
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed a boy by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling along their beat
Spring's a girl in the street at night
Dirty old town, dirty old town.

I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelt the spring in the smokey wind
Dirty old town, dirty old town.