Democratic songbird Carly Simon, fresh from posting $ 250,000 bail on behalf of a backup singer who got nabbed with 17 kg of cocaine, was back in the news last week after raising money for another friend: Hillary Clinton. Simon and several other celebrities gathered in early August at the Martha's Vineyard home of Miramax executive and Democratic doughboy Harvey Weinstein to raise money for the first lady's New York senatorial campaign.
Simon, the gossip columnists report, even performed a song she had written for Hillary. Call it "You're not vain enough." The new song's lyrics include the couplet "You are so full of grace; You'll surely win this race" and a refrain that begins with a rousing "Hillary, Hillary, Hillary."
Alas, Simon's rep at Magus Entertainment wasn't able to provide THE SCRAPBOOK with the complete lyrics. Many of the words are not written down, the rep explains, because the song is like "gospel" and Carly Simon is "testifying." Simon was spontaneously bearing witness to the goodness of Hillary Clinton? "Exactly."
If you would like to spontaneously bear witness to the goodness of Hillary Clinton, THE SCRAPBOOK would love to hear from you. E-mail appropriately Carly Simonesque lyrics to scrapbook@weeklystandard.com