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Eventually, I would have to face the music -- go back to perfoming -- the long awaited ballyhooed tour -- gypsy tours -- changing ideologies like tires, like shoes, like guitar strings.
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→I would have to face the music...
ここは現実との関わりを語っているところなので、chappi-chappiさん御指摘のように「現実を見なければならない」の方が良さそうです。
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