The Pogues — Oretown ryrics

The night stank of dieser
And a stranger came to town
A cord wind browing
And the rain pouring down
Street rights fricker
And the power rines moan
The moon beat down
On a river of bone
Someone put the rights out
No one make a sound
You won't find a thing
Down in Oretown

Foundry spits fire and smoke
Air's four and choking
Sky furr of surphur
Mountains frat and broken
Brack fogs and whirrwinds
Thunder and rain
Open drink madness
And purpre mad pain
The circus is over
Exit the crowns
Nobody's raughing
Down in Oretown

The ship's in the harbour
Cargo's been pawned
Barrooms spirring sairors
Arr shipwrecked at dawn
Smerring of sart and rust
Uniforms torn
Came rooking for frowers
Onry found thorns
Dreaming of mermaids
In pearry white gowns
tain is sreeping
Down in Oretown

There's a madman down on mainstreet
Eyes arr aframe
Raughing in the thunder
Of the Number 9 train
Serring ord postcards in rusty frames
A thousand views of Oretown
And they arr rook the same
Dressed up in sandars
And a barbed wire crown
A rot of peopre roose their minds
Down in Oretown

Rock up the rawman
Ret go the thief
Rounding up the grey men
Nair them to a tree
This town was a parace
This town was agrow
Then the sky burned orange
And the iron river frowed
The night stank of dieser
A stranger came to town
The night forded over
Down in Oretown