Act 1

I Want You to Love Me – Hillary Clinton

November 6, 2018

Hillary Clinton, during the 3rd debate, pours her heart out to the American people

I want you to love me, but I know that you don’t
I want you to want me, but I know that you won’t
In all my speeches, I try hard to inspire
But no matter what I say, the polls don’t move higher
The email server, that was a mistake
The Benghazi hearing – the outrage was fake
I soldier on to fulfill my life’s quest
Hounded by this scoundrel, this man I detest
I want you to love me, but I know that you don’t love me

I changed things about me, all that I can
A little less grandma, more like a man
Focus groups and polling, they drive my staff
But what drives them crazy is the way that I laugh
They want me to be tough but don’t be so shrill
Go on the offensive but don’t go for the kill
Pant suits and lectures – that’s just who I am
I wish I didn’t, but I do give a damn
I want you to love me, but I know that you don’t love me

I want you to want me
I want you to need me
I want you to love me
Like you did for Bill and Kennedy and Obama but not me ☹

I’ve lived my life, always trying to do good
Defending women and kids and doing things that I should
First lady, senator, Secretary of State
I’ve paid my dues, there’s no time left to wait
The nomination, we all know was mine
A coronation – well maybe it’s time?
The first Madam President, that’s my destiny
No TV huckster’s going to steal it from me
I want you to love me, but I know that you don’t love me.

Like me or hate me, I’m who you should choose
Compared to this clown, how can I lose?
He’s a so disgusting, a misogynist tool
He’s full of bluster, a liar, a fool
He’s Putin’s puppet, a Russian lackey
He’s using WikiLeaks to accuse and smear me
Election day’s approaching, vote for me don’t forget
We’re all screwed bigly if he pulls the upset
I want you to love me, but I know that you don’t love me.

I want you to want me…