Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw lyrics
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Recorded by hank williams, sr.
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Written by bonnie dodd
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Chorus
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A [f] tongue can accuse and carry bad [c] news
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The [f] seeds of distrust, it will [c] sow
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But [f] unless you've made no mistakes in your [c] life
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Be careful of [g7] stones that you [c] throw.
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[c] a neighbor was passing my [f] garden one time
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[c] she stopped and i knew right away [g7]
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That it was gossip, not flowers, she had on her mind [c]
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And this is what i heard my neighbor say:
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[c] "that girl down the street [f] should be run from our midst
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[c] she drinks and she talks quite a lot [g7]
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She knows not to speak to my child or to me." [c]
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My neighbor then smiled and i thought:
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Chorus
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(spoken)
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A car speeded by and the screamin' 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 was 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 lived down the street."
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Chorus
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