Tom Paxton - Talking Watergate lyrics

I was coming home pretty late one night Singing a song and about half-tide I was young, my friend, and I'd had me a pretty good date I was fiddling around with the front door key When a weird looking fellow stepped up to me and said "Tell me, buddy, if this ain't the Watergate" I said it was and with a grin on his face He said "I've always wanted to see this place I hear it's just the nicest place in town And me and my friends are dying to see If it's all that it's cracked up to be" So I said, "Well come on in and I'll show you around" Well they seemed to love my guided tour 'Til we stopped outside of a certain door And one of my newfound friends said "looky here" It's the Democratic office if I ain't wrong They help to keep our country strong And he blinked his eye to hold back a heartfelt tear He looked kinda shy and he shuffled his feet And said "No tour would be complete If we didn't go in a have a look around I don't know how, but the door swung wide And we were all sneaking inside And laughin' and gigglin' and trying not to make a sound We all split up and I was on my own A couple of the boys were playing 'round with the phones And I saw somebody, he was fiddling at a bigshot's desk They were opening draws; going through files It made me happy just to see thier smiles 'Til somebody new said "Hold it; you're under arrest" It took all night to make my bail And as I left the DC jail A man stepped out of a long black limousine He said "Get in son and if you do We're gonna take good care of you" And he flashed the biggest roll of bills I'd ever seen He said "Get in son and if you do We're gonna take good care of you Hey, we're going to stick with you through think and thin He drove through traffic like a scalded bird Throwing money out the window to the common herd He pulled up to the White House door and walked right in Well, gosh, I couldn't believe my luck This fellow says I can call him Chuck He says I'm to stick with him wherever he went I took off my hat to make a vow And he said there wasn't any time for that now He opened the door and there stood the President I started shaking around the knees But he threw me a football to put me at ease I threw it back, and he threw it back again A tape recorder was playing real loud The sound of a cheering football crowd Then he turned it off, took off his helmet, and said "amen" He smiled at me and he said "Bob Has told me you're doing a real fine job And I want to put and end to all your fears You've got some friends and that's worth knowing When the going gets tough the tough get going And we'll stick with you if they put you away for years I said it made me feel so proud Just to hang around with this great crowd With John and Bob and Mitch and all the rest And even though no jail was fun I knew that justice would be done They laughed so hard the tears rolled down their chests Oh ain't it great what friends can do? They say I'll be out in a year or two And they'll get me a real nice job that pays real well They've taught some useful things to me And now that I'm going on TV They taught me how to smile and lie like hell