Lyric discussion by Falsedog 

Surely inspired by the shattered-glass romance of Ewan McColl's Dirty Old Town:

I heard a siren from the docks Saw a train set the night on fire I smelled the spring on the sulphured / Salford wind

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

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