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<h2> The Reckoning </h2>
<p>It's fine to have a blow-out in a fancy restaurant,<br/>
With terrapin and canvas-back and all the wine you want;<br/>
To enjoy the flowers and music, watch the pretty women pass,<br/>
Smoke a choice cigar, and sip the wealthy water in your glass.<br/>
It's bully in a high-toned joint to eat and drink your fill,<br/>
But it's quite another matter when you<br/>
Pay the bill.<br/>
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It's great to go out every night on fun or pleasure bent;<br/>
To wear your glad rags always and to never save a cent;<br/>
To drift along regardless, have a good time every trip;<br/>
To hit the high spots sometimes, and to let your chances slip;<br/>
To know you're acting foolish, yet to go on fooling still,<br/>
Till Nature calls a show-down, and you<br/>
Pay the bill.<br/>
<br/>
Time has got a little bill — get wise while yet you may,<br/>
For the debit side's increasing in a most alarming way;<br/>
The things you had no right to do, the things you should have done,<br/>
They're all put down; it's up to you to pay for every one.<br/>
So eat, drink and be merry, have a good time if you will,<br/>
But God help you when the time comes, and you<br/>
Foot the bill.<br/></p>
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