Bill Clinton was elected President and I felt motivated to write about it straight away for NewsRevue. This lyric did very well in the show; but not until early the following year when Mark Bowden and his troupe used it, when the Clinton’s actually entered the White House.
Writing exactly 25 years later, it is an interesting reminder that most of us weren’t too sure about Bill Clinton at the very start, although what would we give to have someone of his stature, albeit flawed, in the White House today…
…his wife, for example?
I didn’t know how to spell “Hillary” back then but I’ll cut and paste the lyric as I wrote it.
The writing log says 8 November 1992 but the electronic file reads 20 November, so I must have tweaked slightly – perhaps in response to it not being used immediately.
One slight regret about this lyric is that it has rather messed up my perception of “Our House” by Crosby Stills Nash and Young. It is a simply superb song (enjoy the link below whether you know the song or not), but for a quarter of a century now, hearing it has relentlessly made Bill and Hillary Clinton pop into my head.
WHITE HOUSE
(A song for Bill and Hilary Clinton to the Tune of “Our House”)
VERSE 1
HILARY:I’ll light the fire, you use the powers,
As the Governor of State;
BILL:Sittin’ by the fire, with Gennifer Flowers,
While the wife’s out working,
She’ll be earning,
Ten times more than me, ee, ee,
All legally, ee, ee.
VERSE 2
HILARY:Deep in the South {BILL:Deep in the South}
With gravy, grits and gingham dresses,
God, Guns, Geeks and Goops;
BILL:Joint in my mouth,{HILARY:Joint in his mouth}
I smoke my spliff without inhaling,
Voters bought it,
They must be e-ven more stoned than me, ee, ee,
Ill-legally, ee, ee;
CHORUS 1
BOTH:Our house, is a very very very fine house,
Electric chairs will shock,
In down town Little Rock,
We rednecks kicked the shit out of George Bush;
We say, (cocking a snook)
Na, na, nananana, nananana, nanana nanana, nanananananananana,
(OptionalNa, na, nananana, nananana, nanana nanana, nanananananananana);
CHORUS 2
BOTH:The White House, is a very very very fine house,
White marble on the floor,
This sure beats Arkansas,
Though everything is hicky since George Bush….
….moved out;
VERSE 3
HILARY:I’ll light the fire,
BILL:While I wear the pointed hat,
And sheets that we bought to-day-ay-ay-ay-ay.
If you click through this link – here – you can also read the lyrics…or just watch by clicking below: