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Joan Osborne lyrics 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 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 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 passed, 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! Other Joan Osborne lyrics: Warmer Days lyrics Hand In Mine lyrics Go Where I Send Thee lyrics Chimes Of Freedom lyrics Bring Me Some Water lyrics Beautiful Side Of Madness lyrics Baby Love lyrics At Last lyrics An Uncommon Love lyrics 100 Years lyrics Wayfarin' Stranger lyrics Strenuous Acquaintances lyrics Raglan Road lyrics Passin' Thru lyrics On The Old Kentucky Shore lyrics Nothing To Believe In lyrics My Back Pages lyrics Misanthropic Man lyrics Lumina lyrics Crazy Baby lyrics Help Me lyrics Let's Just Get Naked lyrics Spider Web lyrics Ladder lyrics One Of Us lyrics Dracula Moon lyrics Pensacola lyrics Right Hand Man lyrics Man In The Long Black Coat lyrics St. Teresa lyrics Get Up Jack lyrics Wild World lyrics Billie Listens lyrics Match Burn Twice lyrics What You Gonna Do lyrics 4 Camels lyrics Fingerprints lyrics His Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles lyrics Dreamin' About The Day lyrics Flyaway lyrics Make You Feel My Love lyrics Poison Apples (Hallelujah) lyrics Hurricane lyrics If I Was Your Man lyrics Grand Illusion lyrics Angel Face lyrics Love Is Alive lyrics Safety In Numbers lyrics Righteous Love lyrics Running Out Of Time lyrics |