Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Steve Earle
Canonical path: /steve-earle/dirty-old-town
Related lyric paths: 6
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Dirty Old Town
Read Dirty Old Town lyrics by Steve Earle on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Dirty Old Town
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I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed a girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Clouds a drifting across the moon
Cats a prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl in the street at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the smokey wind
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
I'm going to make a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
Will chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
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Steve Earle performs "Dirty Old Town", and this lyric page sits inside the Steve Earle catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to All Of My Life and Me And The Eagle with a short reason for opening each page next.
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