Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw

歌詞

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 A neighbor was passin' my garden one day she stopped and I knew right away That gossip not flowers she had on her mind and this is what I heard my neighbor say You know that girl down who lived down the street she oughta be run from our midst She drinks and she talks quite a lot But she knows not to speak to my child nor to me My neighbor then smiled and I thought A tongue can accuse... A car speeded by and the screaming of brakes a sound that made my blood chill My neighbor's one child had been 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 That's the bad girl that lived down the street A tongue can accuse...