i drank too much last night got bills to pay

I drank too much last night got bills to pay for free#

This is not meant to be a list of favorites, just some interesting songs. A few of them are Califonria songs by the title or the context instead of the lyrics. It has been split into two pages but it's better to go the Title List or the Artist List, find the song there, then click on the 'Artist' link which will take you to back here for comments and lyrics.Ĭalifornia is the main subject of some of these songs, but others simply mention something about the state such as a place, a street or highway, the weather, a person, or an attitude or lifestyle the state evokes for the singer. This list is much too long to browse easily. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.įor those who understand, no explanation is needed.įor those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.Songs That Mention California (with lyrics) Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy and they just might not show up anymore. The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important - they didn't have enough money between all of them to pay for even half of the bill!Īnd that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our tax system works. The next week the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. This new tax system exploits the poor!' The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. 'Wait a minute,' yelled the first four men in unison, 'we didn't get anything at all. 'Why should he get £10 back, when I only got £2? The wealthy get all the breaks!' It's unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!' 'Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. He pointed to the tenth man, ' but he got £10! ' 'I only got £1 out of the £20 saving,' declared the sixth man. The ninth man now paid £14 instead of £18 (a 22% saving).Īnd the tenth man now paid £49 instead of £59 (a 16% saving).Įach of the last six was better off than before with the first four continuing to drink for free.īut, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings. The eighth man now paid £9 instead of £12 (a 25% saving). The seventh man now paid £5 instead of £7 (a 28% saving). The sixth man now paid £2 instead of £3 (a 33% saving). They decided to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.Īnd so, the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (a100% saving). So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fairer to reduce each man's bill by a higher percentage.

I drank too much last night got bills to pay for free#

They would still drink for free but what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the £ 20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share? They realized that £20 divided by six is £ 3.33 but if they subtracted that from everybody's share then not only would the first four men still be drinking for free but the fifth and sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. ' Drinks for the ten men would now cost just £80. ' Since you are all such good customers,' he said, ' I'm going to reduce the cost of your weekly beer by £20. The ten men drank in the bar every week and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until, one day, the owner caused them a little problem. The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.Īnd the tenth man (the richest) would pay £59. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this. Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100.