This song was spoofed in The Simpsons episode "The Day the Violence Died" as "An Amendment to Be" which was also sung by Jack Sheldon. Rep McCoy: He signed you, Bill! Now you're a law! It's not easy to become a law, is it?īut how I hope and I pray that I will, but today I am still just a bill. 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.īoy: By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. How I hope and pray that he will, but today I am still just a bill.īoy: You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?īill: Yes, that's called a veto. 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. Oooh, but it looks like I'm gonna live! Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me!īill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again! I hope they decide to report on me favorably, otherwise, I may die.īill: Yeah, die in committee. How I hope and pray that they will, but today I am still just a bill.īoy: Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?īill: Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. 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. Yes I'm only a bill, And I got as far as Capitol Hill. And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law. 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 to Congress. When I started, I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. At least I hope and pray that I will, but today I am still just a bill.īoy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage.īill: Well I got this far. It's a long, long wait while I'm sitting in committee, but I know I'll be a law someday. Well, it's a long, long journey to the capital city. But I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?īill: I'm just a bill. This song teaches about the steps a bill takes to get made into a law, sung from the perspective of the bill itself, who sings a melancholy tune about being stuck in committee the bill is signed into law at the end of the song.īoy: Woof! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington. Also, it has clips from other America Rock episodes, such as "Elbow Room," "The Preamble," and "No More Kings." being one to contain clips from the most episodes. Its music video, having the clip of the Bill being signed by the President between the clip of the Congress saying "Yes" many times and that of the President saying "No", was found on the end of the Grammar Rock tape. The song was sung by the Folk Implosion (as "Deluxx Folk Implosion") on the tribute album Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks, and it is on track 2. 5 Schoolhouse Rock: Math Rock (Constellation cameo appearance).
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