Be careful of stones that you throw (video)

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A tongue can accuse and carry bad news,

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the seeds of distrust it will sow,

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but unless you have made no mistakes in your life,

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be careful of stones that you throw.

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(spoken : ) 2. A neighbor was passing my garden one time,

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she stopped and I knew right away

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that it was gossip not flowers that she had on her mind.

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And this is what I heard my neighbor say:

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"That girl down the street should be run from our midst.

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She drinks and she talks quite a lot,

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she knows not to speak to my child nor to me."

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My neighbor then smiled, and I thought ....

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(spoken : ) A car speeded by, the screaming of brakes,

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a sound that made my blood chill,

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for my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path,

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and saved by a girl lying still.

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The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out,

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"Oh, who is that brave girl so sweet?"

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I covered the crushed, broken body and said,

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"The bad girl who lives down the street."

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A tongue can accuse and carry bad news,

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the seeds of distrust it will sow,

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but unless you have made no mistakes in your life,

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be careful of stones that you throw.

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Hank Williams)