Dirty Old Town
Ewan MacCollOriginal | Vieille ville de merde - La versione francese di Gilles Servat... |
DIRTY OLD TOWN | VIEILLE VILLE DE MERDE (DIRTY OLD TOWN) |
I found my love 'neath the gasworks croft falls Dreamed a dream by the old canal Kissed my girl by the factory wall Dirty old town, dirty old town | Premier amour près de l´usine à gaz Premiers rêves près du vieux canal Premiers baisers près de la raffinerie Vieille ville de merde Vieille ville de merde |
Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Springs a girl in the streets at night Dirty old town, dirty old town | J´ai entendu la sirène des docks Vu le pétrole mettre la nuit en feu Senti le printemps dans les fumées du vent Vieille ville de merde Vieille ville de merde |
Heard a siren from the dock Saw a train set the night on fire Smelled the smoke on the Salford wind (1) Dirty old town, dirty old town | Clouds are drifting across the moon Cats are prowling on their beat Spring´s a girl on the streets at night Dirty old town Dirty old town |
I'm going to take a good sharp ax Shining steel tempered in the fire We'll chop you down like an old dead tree Dirty old town, dirty old town | I´m gonna make 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 |
(1) Il verso non piacque alle autorità municipali di Salford e MacColl accondiscese a cambiarlo in “smelled the spring on the smoky wind”… |