I was walking on down the alley
When a face I´ve never seen
Came so from deep in the darkness
And his mouth came on real mean
And I saw that he´d been liquored

And he staggered up to, you know, he staggered up to his feet
And he said, "Boy, you´d better move real slow
And gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please"
Wasn´t that strange
Wasn´t that strange indeed
Wasn´t that strange
Wasn´t that strange indeed
He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please"
Being born and raised in New York
There ain´t nothing you won´t see
´Cause the streets are filled with bad goings-on
And you know that´s no place to be
But my car broke down in the evening
You know it just stopped stone cold
Stopped stone cold in the street

And a dirty mean man with sharp glass eyes
He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please"
Wasn´t that strange
Wasn´t that strange indeed
Wasn´t that strange
Wasn´t that strange indeed
He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please"
Being born and raised in New York
There ain´t nothing you won´t see
´Cause the streets are filled with bad goings-on
And you know that´s no place to be
But my car broke down in the evening
You know it just stopped stone cold
Stopped stone cold in the street
And a dirty mean man with a shotgun in his hand
He said, "Gimme your money please"

He said, "Gimme your money please"
Wasn´t that strange
Wasn´t that strange indeed
Wasn´t that strange
Wasn´t that strange indeed
He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please"
He said, "Gimme your money please"