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Various Artists
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Schoolhouse Rock
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I'm Just A Bill
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Lyrics & Music by: Dave Frishberg
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Performed by: Jack Sheldon
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Boy:
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Whew! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get
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to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I
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wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?
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I'm just a bill.
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Yes, I'm only a bill.
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And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
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Well, it's a long, long journey
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To the capital city.
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It's a long, long wait
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While I'm sitting in committee,
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But I know I'll be a law some day
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At least I hope and pray that I will
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But today I am still just a bill.
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Boy:
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Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and
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courage.
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BILL:
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Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a
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bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home
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decided they wanted a law passed, so they called
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their local Congressman, and he said, "You're
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right, there oughta be a law." Then he sat down
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and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress.
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And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they
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decide to make me a law.
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I'm just a bill
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Yes I'm only a bill,
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And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
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Well, now I'm stuck in committee
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And I'll sit here and wait
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While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
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Whether they should let me be a law.
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How I hope and pray that they will,
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But today I am still just a bill.
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Boy:
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Listen to those Congressmen arguing! Is all that
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discussion and debate about you.
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BILL:
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Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never
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even get this far. I hope they decide toreport on
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me favorably, otherwise I may die.
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Boy:
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Die?
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BILL:
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Yeah, die in committee. Ooh, but it looks like I'm
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gonna live! NOW I go to the House of
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Representatives, and they vote on me.
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Boy:
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if they vote yes, what happens?
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BILL:
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Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts
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all over again.
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Boy:
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Oh no!
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BILL:
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Oh yes!
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I'm just a bill
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Yes, I'm only a bill
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And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
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Well, then I'm off to the White House
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Where I'll wait in a line
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With a lot of other bills
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For the president to sign
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And if he signs me, then I'll be a law.
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HOW I hope and pray that he will,
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But today I am still just a bill.
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Boy:
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You mean even if the whole Congress says you
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should be a law, the president can still say no?
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BILL:
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Yes, that's called a veto. If the president vetoes
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me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote
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on me again, and by that time you're so old ...
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Boy:
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By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. It's not easy
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to become a law, is it?
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BILL:
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No!
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But how I hope and pray that I will, But today I am still just a bill.
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MAN:
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He signed you, Bill Now you're a law!
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BILL:
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Oh yes!!!
Schoolhouse Rock - I'm Just a Bill
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