Houston Coalition Against Red Light Cameras

RED LIGHT CAMERA'S GOTTA GO <click title to play

Lyrics by H. F. Van Der Grinten

Singer Zelda Dashiell

Recording Yard Sound Studios 

Regarding straight-through violations, the theme of this song is that red light cameras turn traffic lights into guessing games and impose taxation by the method of random selection. The fines levied by this method of enforcement mainly provide punishment for the crime of failing to be clairvoyant.  

H. F. Van Der Grinten

August 21, 2014

RED LIGHT CAMERA’S GOTTA GO_©



Red light camera’s gotta go

That red light camera’s gotta go

Camera’s gotta go

Driven down the road.

Oh, yellow light’s on. 

When’s it going red?

Is that camera gonna get me?

I really don’t  know.

Red light camera’s gotta go

Red light camera’s gotta go

Red light camera’s gotta go

Did I blink at the wrong time?

Am I driving too fast?

Can I stop or can I go?

I really don’t know.

Is that camera’s gonna get me?

I really can’t see

Oh red light camera’s gotta go

Red light camera’s gotta go

I said red light camera’s gotta go

Don’t ya know



My crystal ball is broke.

My future isn’t good, no

Should I stop or should I go?

Is that camera’s gonna get me?

I don’t know.

Red light camera’s gotta go

Red light camera’s gotta go

Red light camera’s gotta go

Oh, don’t ya know

I aint no yellow light prophet     

My guessing’s not for sure

Don’t know when that red light’s coming

Oh I can’t play this game no more.

That red light camera’s gotta go.

That red light camera’s gotta go.   

That red light camera’s gotta go.

That red light camera’s gotta go.

That red light camera’s gotta go.