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whoa you sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this

Capitol building here in Washington

well 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 Captiol 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 am 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 passed

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 Captiol 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

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

yeah 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!

oh but it looks like I'm gonna live! now

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

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 allowed

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 you're

so old...

By that time, it's very unlikely that you become a law

it's not easy to become a law

is it no

but how I hope and pray that I will

but today I am still just a bill

He signed you, bill! Now you're a law

Oh, yes!