Here we go...vertigo
Video vertigo
Test for echo


Here we go...in slo-mo
Video vertigo

Test for echo

Some kind of trouble on the sensory screen

Camera curves over caved-in cop cars
Bleacher-creatures, would-be desperadoes
Clutch at plausible deniability

Don't touch that dial
We're in denial
Until the showcase trial on TV


Here we go...vertigo
Video...vertigo

Test for echo

Some kind of pictures on the sense o'clock news

Miles of yellow tape, silhouetted chalk lines
Tough-talking hood boys in pro-team logo knock-offs
Conform to uniforms of some corporate entity

Don't change that station
It's a Gangsta Nation
Now crime's in syndication on TV


What a show
Vertigo

Video vertigo
Test for echo


Touch and go in slo-mo
Video vertigo
Test for echo


Some kind of drama live on satellite
Hidden camera coverage from the crime scene to the courtroom

Nail-biting hood boys in borrowed ties and jackets
Clutching at the straws of respectability


Can't do the time?
Don't do the crime
And wind up in the perp walk on TV