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