Dirty Old Town - The Pogues - Lyrics ,

I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I 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 from the streets at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I Smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I'm gonna make me 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

I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town




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[Mrnono1313]

The things i prefer with the Pogues, it's the singer's teeth !!!

[Kotor1972]

The Pogues and a Ice cold Beer, Sweet weekend beguns!!

[Chicoutimi]

@Mrnono1313 argggggggggggggggggggggggggggg­gggggggg!!!hahahahahahahaahaha­h

[mrBLUEtheBOMBER]

...epic...

[digitig]

Yes, the original (Ewan MacColl wrote it, as others have said) had "the Salford wind", not "the smoky wind", so it's definitely about Salford. I understand that MacColl liked the change to "smoky" though, because it made it more universal. Really, is there an industrial city anywhere in the world that it isn't about? Even the reference to docks doesn't place it on the coast. Salford isn't on the coast: Salford docks were canal docks.

[dragonash1993]

@johngcuntylugs it's definitely about Salford.

[johngcuntylugs]

@MsOneiroi77 really, always thought this song was about Dublin??..:P

[Bhoysingreen8493]

best song in the world!