A couple of years ago, at the height of the Clinton/Lewinsky brouhaha in the USA, I wrote a song parody based on "Leaving On A Jet Plane" (a song which I find pretty cloying, though it has some great harmony lines). Being a Canadian, I could look at the Clinton situation with a certain sardonic detachment. What a circus it was!

So...I played this parody at the Mudcat gathering in Pennsylvania this past weekend, and Dharmabum requested a copy of the lyrics, so here they are.

It's great fun to sing, great fun to sing along with. I hope y'all enjoy it bigtime, specially my friends in the USA. Just give me credit for the lyrics, okay? Feel free to sing it anywhere, anytime...

Kiss Me Sweet Hilary (Leaving Off To Congress)

My bags are packed, I'm ready to leave
I've got no more tricks up my sleeve
Though I suppose I still could start a war
With some small country like Iraq
Then maybe folks would take me back
But there's no time, my hand is on the door

Chorus:
So kiss me, sweet Hilary
Tell me that you'll wait for me
We can still make magic, don't you know?
I'm leaving, off to Congress
God only knows what happens next
Oh, babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've fooled around
What good is power if you can't have some fun?
And I never meant to cause you pain
Still, Hilary, I'll take the blame
The hounds are at my heels, what's done is done

Chorus:
So kiss me, sweet Hilary
Tell me that you'll wait for me
We can still make magic, don't you know?
I'm leaving, off to Congress
God only knows what happens next
Oh, babe, I hate to go

I told a fib...okay, I lied
But I'm really just a normal guy
Temptation's just a bit too much for me
And it could happen to the best of them
If Monica undressed for them
You see it every day on your TV

Chorus:
So kiss me, sweet Hilary
Tell me that you'll wait for me
We can still make magic, don't you know?
I'm leaving, off to Congress
God only knows what happens next
Oh, babe, I hate to go

Cos they're talking of impeachment now
They mean to kill the sacred cow
Republicans are dancing on my grave
And if the worst should come to pass
Will Arkansas still take me back?
Oh, Hilary, I'd gladly be your slave

Chorus:
So kiss me, sweet Hilary
Tell me that you'll wait for me
We can still make magic, don't you know?
I'm leaving, off to Congress
God only knows what happens next
(Leaving off to Congress
God only knows what happens next)
Oh, babe, I hate to go

Copyright 1999 George Coventry

Boy, am I sick of typing in "break" codes...

- LH