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Thread #123164 Message #2709833
Posted By: Jim Dixon
27-Aug-09 - 10:32 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
Subject: Lyr Add: BE CAREFUL OF STONES THAT YOU THROW
BE CAREFUL OF STONES THAT YOU THROW
Written by Bonnie Dodd
Recorded by Hank Williams
CHORUS: A tongue can accuse and carry bad news.
The seeds of distrust it will sow,
But unless you've made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.
SPOKEN: A neighbor was passing my garden one time.
She stopped and I knew right away
That it was gossip, not flowers, she had on her mind,
And this is what I heard my neighbor say:
"That girl down the street should be run from our midst.
She drinks and she talks quite a lot.
She knows not to speak to my child or to me."
My neighbor then smiled and I thought: CHORUS
SPOKEN: A car speeding by and the screaming of brakes—
A sound that made my blood chill,
For my neighbor's one child was pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still.
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out:
"Oh, who was that brave girl so sweet?"
I covered the crushed broken body and said:
"The bad girl who lived down the street." CHORUS
[Recorded by many people, including Little Jimmy Dickins, Dion & the Belmonts, Waylon Jennings, Johnny O'Keefe, Preacher Jack, Red Sovine, The Staple Singers, Porter Wagoner, Hank Williams, and Hank Williams Jr.]