joan osborne – i’m just a bill lyrics
girl: whew! you sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this capitol building here in washington! but i wonder who that sad little scr-p of paper is?
i’m just a bill
yes, i’m only a bill
and i’m sitting here on capitol hill
well, it’s a long, long journey
to the capitol city
it’s a long, long wait
while i’m sitting in committee
but i know i’ll be a law someday
at least i hope and pray that i will
but today i am still just a bill
girl: gee, bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage!
bill: well i got this far. when i started, i wasn’t even a bill. i was just an idea. some folks back home decided they wanted a law p-ssed, so they called their local congressman and he said, ‘you’re right, there oughta be a law.’ then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me t congress, and i became a bill. and i’ll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.
i’m just a bill
yes i’m only a bill
and i got as far as capitol hill
well, now i’m stuck in committee
and i’ll sit here and wait
while a few key congressmen discuss and debate
whether they should let me be a law
how i hope and pray that they will
but today i am still just a bill
girl: listen to those congressmen arguing! is all that discussion and debate about you?
bill: yeah, i’m one of the lucky ones. most bills never even get this far. i hope they decide to report on my favorably, otherwise i may die.
girl: die!
bill: yeah, die in committee. ooh! but it looks like i’m gonna live! now i got the house of representatives and they vote on me.
girl: if they vote yes, what happens?
bill: then i got the senate and the whole thing starts all over again.
girl: oh no!
bill: oh yes!
i’m just a bill
yes, i’m only a bill
and if they vote for me on capitol hill
well, then i’m off to the white house
where i’ll wait in a line
with a lot of other bills
for the president to sign
and he signs me then i’ll be a law
how i hope and pray that he will
but today i am still just a bill
girl: you mean even if the whole congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?
bill: yes, that’s called a veto. if the president vetoes me, i have to go back to congress, and they vote on me again, and by that time you’re so old…
girl: by that time, it’s very unlikely that you become a law. it’s not easy to become a law, is it?
bill: no!
but how i hope and pray that i will
but today i am still just a bill
congressman: he signed you, bill! now you’re a law!
bill: right on!
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