Dirty Old Town
Urban Tales of Love and Industry: Dirty Old Town's Hidden Stories
Lyrics
I met my love by the gas works wall
Encounter with love near industrial area
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Imagining dreams near a historical waterway
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Intimate moment by an industrial structure
Dirty old town
Reference to an urban, polluted setting
Dirty old town
Repetition, emphasizing the town's state
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Observing clouds and lunar movement
Cats are prowling on their beat
Cats symbolizing urban life and activity
Springs a girl from the streets at night
Introduction of a girl with a troubled background
Dirty old town
Reiteration of the town's griminess
Dirty old town
Repetition for emphasis
I heard a siren from the docks
Noting an emergency signal from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Witnessing a train causing a vivid disturbance
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Sensing the arrival of spring through the smoky air
Dirty old town
Reiteration of the town's unclean state
Dirty old town
Repetition, underscoring the town's dirtiness
I'm gonna make me a big sharp ax
Expressing a desire to create a formidable tool
Shining steel tempered in the fire
Describing the construction of a strong axe
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Threatening to bring down obstacles like a tree
Dirty old town
Reiteration of the town's griminess
Dirty old town
Repetition, emphasizing the town's state
I met my love by the gas works wall
Recall of the initial meeting place with love
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Revisiting dreams near the historical canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Repetition of an intimate moment by an industrial structure
Dirty old town
Reiteration of the town's griminess
Dirty old town
Repetition for emphasis
Dirty old town
Repetition, emphasizing the town's state
Dirty old town
Final repetition, underscoring the town's dirtiness
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