I've always enjoyed the last verse of the American ballad "Billy The Kid":

"THERE'S MANY A MAN, WITH A FACE FINE AND FAIR,
WHO STARTS OUT IN LIFE, WITH A CHANCE TO GO SQUARE,
BUT JUST LIKE POOR BILLY, HE WANDERS ASTRAY,
AND LOSES HIS LIFE, IN THE VERY SAME WAY!" (let THAT be a lesson to you).

bob(deckman)nelson