Congress, with Apologies to The Beatles

Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Lyrics by John Lowell
To the tune of "Fool on the Hill"

Day after day,
Alone on the Hill,
The 535, the can't pass a budget bill
But nobody votes against them
Even though they are just fools,
And, they can't break their stalemate

But the fools on the hill,
See the government shutting down,
And they don't seem to care,
If the debt should go down

Bills introduced,
Must smell like dung,
535 screaming at the tops of their lungs
But nobody hears the others
The sounds they appear to make
They don't seem to notice

But the fools on the hill,

See the government shutting down,

And they don't seem to care,

If the debt should go down

Nobody seems to like them

We know not what they do

And they don't have any feelings

But the fools on the hill,

See the government shutting down,

And they don't seem to care,

If the debt should go down

Ooh, ooh,

Down and down and down,

And they never listen to us,

They know we think they're fools

They know we don't like them

But the fools on the hill,

See the government shutting down,

And they don't seem to care,

If the debt should go down

Ooh,

Clowns and clowns and clowns