wow you sure gotta count a lotta steps to get to this capitol building here in washington hey who s that sad little scrap of paper 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 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 m still just a bill i guess i mean i got this far but 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 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 oh how i hope and pray that they will but today i am still just a bill you know it is i m one of the lucky ones cause most bills never even get this far if they don t report on me favorably i m gonna die yeah die in committee bill you re up eh looks like i m gonna live i gotta go to the house of representatives now and then they re gonna vote on me so well then i go to the senate and the whole thing starts all over again  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 other bills for the president to sign and if he signs me then i ll be a law oh how i hope and pray that he will but today i am still just a bill yep 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 it s nope but how i hope and i pray that i will but today i am still just a bill yeah 