`Slick Willie' trips over glib tongue

Nobody cares if Bill Clinton smoked pot.

It's not a big deal if he smoked it or not.

But for years, when asked if he did so, he'd say

He broke none of the laws of the U.S. of A.

And since it's illegal to smoke any dope,

People thought it was his way of telling them nope.

"I broke none of the laws of my country," said he.

But that was misleading, as now we can see.

For his country was not where he chanced to reside

When a little cannabis sativa he tried.

He was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford back then,

And claims now he never did smoke pot again.

It was just as illegal there in the U.K.

As it was over here in the States, by the way.

But the answer was such that when anyone heard

What he said they'd have no idea what had occurred.

When you answer a question so as to mislead

And dissemble so well that you always succeed,

It may serve your purpose, whatever you say,

But it also might come back to haunt you some day.

For if it appears that you meant to deceive,

It makes people wonder what they can believe.

You may say what you mean to the voters one day,

But how will they know if you mean what you say?

Dissembling did get him off of the hook,

But reporters would want to know more.

And sure enough somebody asked him the question

Nobody had asked him before.

"Did you smoke pot at Oxford?" they wanted to know.

And he had to admit it was true.

But it was, after all, quite a long time ago

When he was but age twenty-two.

For some reason, they've called him "Slick Willie."

And a name such as that tends to stick.

For the voters can be a bit chilly,

To someone who seems ever so slick.

The way that he answered when asked about pot

All those years was indeed rather slick.

Now Clinton is stuck with "Slick Willie,"

Much as Nixon was called "Tricky Dick."

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