Debts

[sadoeuphemist]

One coin to cross the river
Two coins glinting in your eyes
Three coins to bribe the Father
Four coins settle all your lies
Five coins to pay the Piper
Six coins more to pay his son
Seven coins chime in laughter
Eight coins buried serve no one
Nine coins full to count the cost
Ten coins, and one is Lost

Expanded Variant: 

One coin to cross the river,
Tasting copper on the tongue.
Two coins upon the eyelids
Keep your sight forever young.
Three coins can buy three wishes
Freely given, never spent.
Four coins, by blood anointed,
Pay a humble sinner's rent.
Five coins' return investment
Is still halfway to being done.
Six coins to pay the Piper,
Seven coins to pay his son.
Eight coins to make a dollar,
Treasure still not worth the cost.
Nine coins present a problem:
Ten coins, and one is Lost.