Tytuł: I'm just a Bill

• Wykonawca: Joan Osborne
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   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!