[Verse 1] Will Scharf has carried folders through the West Wing halls A staff secretary quietly mapping protocol Now Trump has pulled him forward from the inner ring The top White House lawyer — a consequential thing Before the midterms gather like a tide beneath the door The president needs counsel who has watched him at the core Will Scharf has seen the paperwork, the memos, every thread Now he wears the mantle of the counsel's role instead [Chorus] Will Scharf becomes the White House counsel, August ten A longtime aide ascending to the highest legal den Reuters wrote it, Politico confirmed the call Al Jazeera, The Guardian — they're covering it all The midterms on the calendar, the legal stakes aligned Trump selects a familiar hand to guard his legal mind [Verse 2] But elsewhere in the headlines there's a different kind of storm A federal court has issued a restraining form Four hundred million dollars for a ballroom in the wings Construction halted, marble frozen, silence where it rings The White House renovation scheme has struck a legal wall A judge steps in and stops the hammers mid-their fall CBC reported it — the blueprint now suspended The grandeur of that gilded room indefinitely upended [Chorus] Will Scharf becomes the White House counsel, August ten A longtime aide ascending to the highest legal den Reuters wrote it, Politico confirmed the call Al Jazeera, The Guardian — they're covering it all The midterms on the calendar, the legal stakes aligned Trump selects a familiar hand to guard his legal mind [Verse 3] The counsel's office carries weight that bends the tallest pines It shapes the executive orders and reviews the signing lines From Nixon's men to Clinton's days the role has always held A pressure like a river current, rarely ever quelled And Scharf who served in silence now must speak into the room Where policy and litigation share the same perfume The midterms draw the strategy, the lawsuits draw the map He'll navigate the crossfire in the legislative gap [Bridge] Two stories on a Monday in the Washington air One appointment climbing up, one construction frozen there The counsel and the courtroom, both orbiting the same Executive authority — it's always been the game And Scharf who read the documents now writes a different page The staff secretary stepping to the center of the stage [Chorus] Will Scharf becomes the White House counsel, August ten A longtime aide ascending to the highest legal den Reuters wrote it, Politico confirmed the call Al Jazeera, The Guardian — they're covering it all The midterms on the calendar, the legal stakes aligned Trump selects a familiar hand to guard his legal mind [Outro] August tenth, twenty twenty-six — write the name down clear Will Scharf, White House counsel, and a ballroom disappears
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