[Verse 1]
Netanyahu packed his bags and boarded up the plane
Tel Aviv to Washington, high-stakes in the fast lane
The White House set the table for a meeting grande
While Bibi crossed the ocean, Trump was holding court all day
A tale of two visits, Politico said it plain
One foreign leader flying in, one press corps bearing strain
The diplomats were circling like brass in a big parade
And somewhere Gianni Infantino's plans were getting frayed
[Chorus]
Oh the White House never sleeps, darling, never takes a breath
It shuffles cards and deals them out from dinner down to death
Netanyahu's wheels touched down, the cameras all stood tall
And Washington kept spinning like it never stalls at all
[Verse 2]
Meanwhile at the correspondents' dinner, Trump took the stage
Alternating bad punchlines with attacks — the man's a sage
Poynter called it an embarrassment, The Well News said he dug
Le Monde was watching overseas and gave a Gallic shrug
Two hundred fifty Cadillac Escalades on order
"We look sharp," said the president, "from border down to border"
The press corps laughed, or didn't laugh, opinions split the room
Like a trumpet stab that cuts the air and punctures through the gloom
[Chorus]
Oh the White House never sleeps, darling, never takes a breath
It shuffles cards and deals them out from dinner down to death
Netanyahu's wheels touched down, the cameras all stood tall
And Washington kept spinning like it never stalls at all
[Verse 3]
The agenda stretched from Gaza to the deal sheets on the floor
Trade and territory, the old friends settling the score
Behind the gilded curtain where the real talk never leaks
They shook hands for the cameras then went on for several weeks
The anchors kept on asking what the two men really said
While speechwriters were drafting what would get them through the thread
A handshake is a headline, a smile becomes the news
And the spin room keeps on turning out its comfortable views
[Bridge]
FIFA's boss got summoned to a House committee seat
His ties to President Trump the kind of heat you can't delete
From the soccer pitch to Capitol Hill, the subpoenas fly
Even Infantino gets a letter asking him to testify
[Chorus]
Oh the White House never sleeps, darling, never takes a breath
It shuffles cards and deals them out from dinner down to death
Netanyahu's wheels touched down, the cameras all stood tall
And Washington kept spinning like it never stalls at all
[Outro]
That was July twenty-eighth — tuck those headlines in your coat
Netanyahu, Escalades, a FIFA man on note
The dinner and the diplomats, a press corps none too pleased
That's your Tuesday in the capital — now go on, if you please
[Chorus]
Oh the White House never sleeps, darling, never takes a breath
It shuffles cards and deals them out from dinner down to death
Netanyahu's wheels touched down, the cameras all stood tall
And Washington kept spinning like it never stalls at all