Stick 'em up, stick 'em up
It's mugging time in the city
Grab the cash, make a dash
Hope I get through this okay

Down the sidewalk, dodging danger
Like a videogame
Hoping I don't partake, in a hold-up
From an alley, near O'Malley's
Comes a guy with a gun
And before I can run off, I hear

Stick 'em up, stick 'em up
It's mugging time in the city
Give me loot, or I'll shoot
Guess I should cooperate

Bright patrol cars, passing street cars
Seems they're all on the go
As they rush by, ignoring my peril
Hear my skull crunch, from the gun butt
Must've moved a bit slow
And as consciousness fades, I still hear

Stick 'em up (my wallet leaves my hands)
Stick 'em up (as per this creep's demands)
It's mugging time in the city
Pretty rings (don't need 'em anyhoo)
Shiny things (my watch is in my shoe)
For which the pawn shop will pay

On the sidewalk (stick 'em up)
See me laid out (cough it up)
Like a fish on the wall
Hoping someone will call me a medic
(It's mugging time in the city)

On the corner (give me loot)
There's my mugger (or I'll shoot)
Getting whacked on the head
Oh what joy, now it's his mugging day.