Vertigo (If It's A Crime)

Big boat caught in my throat It's the deck hand hitting the wrong notes Came to with a pain in my gut again I cut it open wide, took out a box Inside the box there was a beat keeping time Is it a crime to pass the blame If every time the punishment is the same? Life is a loose tooth leaving your mouth So get it out get it out Dig that ditch Ditch that dirt It's just a body now Pick me up so I can fall back down again Descending into vertigo If it's a crime they'll hang me every time I tried to offer up a reason why I tried, my dear, to set things straight I fear that I was too late to be cleared of the crime I just missed a slap on the wrist A key witness to the stand But the jury's out creeping about and I am a guilty man And the cyst is growing into this So I drowned in the boat I choked down And the captain remained proud Looked down, seeing the ground getting closer to me And now the ground is coming up my sleeves Pick me up so I can fall back down again Descending into vertigo If it's a crime they'll hang me every time I tried to offer up a reason why I tried, my dear, to set things straight I fear that I was too late to be cleared of the crime If it's a crime, they'll hang me every time I tried to set things straight I fear that I was too late to be cleared of the crime