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Vieille ville de merde (Dirty old town) Lyrics by Gilles Servat

Sur les quais de Dublin

1996

[Gilles Servat]
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
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
[Ronnie Drew]
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 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
[Gilles Servat]
I 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

About “Vieille ville de merde (Dirty old town)” by Gilles Servat

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"Vieille ville de merde (Dirty old town)" appears on "Sur les quais de Dublin" in 1996.

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