Dave Frishberg - I'm Just A Bill lyrics

(Woof! You sure gotta climb a lotta steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington! But I wonder who that sad little scrap 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 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 (Gee, bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage!) (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 Pa**ed So they called their local congressman and he said "You're right, there ought to be a law." Then he sat down and 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 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 those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?) (Yes. I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they decide to report on me favorably, otherwise I may die.) ("Die?") (Yeah: die in committee. Oooh! But it looks like I'm gonna live. Now I go to the House of Representatives and they vote on me.) (If they vote "yes", what happens?) (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 a lot of 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 (You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the President can still say no?) (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 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?) No! But how I hope and I pray that I will But today I am still just a bill! (He signed you, bill! Now you're a law!) (Oh yes!)