of Montreal - Advice From a Divorced Gentleman to His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage

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ADVICE FROM A DIVORCED GENTLEMAN TO HIS BACHELOR FRIEND CONSIDERING MARRIAGE - OF MONTREAL
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Created by: dcolspector

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   You should stay away from roses
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And be careful to avoid chocolate hearts
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Keep distant from romantic notions
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‘cause that's where love most often starts

Be sure to steer clear of diamonds
And mink coats are most certainly out too
For if she goes in for that kind of thing
She just might fall then what you will do

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You know you've always been the sort
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Who's truly only fond of the sport
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And who would never be satisfied
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Reclining in slippers by the fireside
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With a wife's constant nagging
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For things that you can't provide
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Who no longer bears resemblance
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To that soft spoken flower
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You were so desperate to have for your bride

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Too much conversing with a woman
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Tends to dull a man's wit

Never be taken in by poets
Who claim that love if it's pure will never fade
Though love may last all right in a bibliotheque
In the real world, man, it's too easily unmade

So don't take your freedom for granted
Don't let curiosity take you for a ride
As years drag on when you wake up next to her
You'll wish that in your sleep you had died
You'll wish you had died

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