I'm Just a Bill

Wow, you sure gotta count a lotta steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington! Hey, who's that sad little scrap of paper? (You really wanna know?) 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 capital 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'm still just a bill I guess, I mean I got this far But when I started, I wasn't even a bill I was just an idea Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed So they called their local congressman and he said "You're right, there ought to be a law" Then he sat down, he wrote me out and introduced me to 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 Oh how I hope and pray that they will But today I am still just a bill (Listen to these Congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?) You know, it is I'm one of the lucky ones 'cause most bills never even get this far If they don't report on me favorably, I'm gonna die ("Die?") Yeah, die in committee Bill, you're up! Eh, looks like I'm gonna live I gotta go to the House of Representatives now and then they're gonna vote on me, so (So if they vote "yes", what happens?) Well, then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again (Oh no!) (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 other bills for the President to sign And if he signs me then I'll be a law Oh, how I hope and pray that he will But today I am still just a bill Yep, that's called a veto And if the President vetoes me, I have to go back to Congress And they vote on me again, and by that time it's (By that time, it's very unlikely that you'll become a law! It's not easy to become a law, is it?) Nope! But how I hope and I pray that I will But today I am still just a bill! Yeah!

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