Rod Stewart

Songwriter: Ewan MacColl

Producer: Lou Reizner Rod Stewart

[Verse 1]
Found my love by the gaswork croft
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
Kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old town, dirty old town

[Verse 2]
I heard a siren from the dock
Saw a train set the night on fire
Smelled the spring on the sulfured wind
Dirty old town, whoa-oh, dirty old town

[Verse 3]
We're goin' to take a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
And we'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old town, dirty old town
Dirty old town, whoa-oh, dirty old town

[Outro]
And oh we'll chop you down
Oh, dirty, dirty, dirty old town
Dirty old town, dirty old town
And oh whoa-oh dirty old town
Chop you down one of these days

A legend in the rock-n-roll genre, Roderick “Rod” Stewart has sold over 100 million records worldwide with a career spanning over 60 years. He has had 6 consecutive number one albums in the UK, and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position, including has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

more tracks from the album

An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down

From the albums

An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down (1969)
Two in One 1969-1970 (2002)
You Wear It Well - The Collection (2011)
Handbags & Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart (2018)

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An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down