Artist: Hank Williams

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Be Careful Of Stones You Throw

A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.
A neighbor was passing my garden one time;
She smiled and I knew right away
That it was gossip not flowers that she had on her mind,
And this is what I heard my neighbor say:

"That bad girl down the street, she should be run from our midst.
She drinks and she talks quite a lot.
She knows not to speak to my child nor to me."
My neighbor then smiled, and I thought . . .

A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.

The car speeded by, the screaming of brakes
A sound that made my blood chill,
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still.

Her child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out,
"Oh, who is that brave girl so sweet?"
I covered the crushed, broken body and said,
"That bad girl down the street."

A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. A House Of Gold
2. A Message To My Mother
3. Alone And Forsaken
4. Are You Walking And A-Talking With The Lord
5. Be Careful Of Stones You Throw
6. Beyond The Sunset
7. Blue Love
8. Calling You
9. Dear Brother
10. Faded Love And Winter Roses
11. Freight Train Blues
12. Half As Much
13. How Can You Refuse Him Now
14. I Just Don’t Like This Kind Of Livin’
15. I Saw The Light
16. I’m Gonna Sing
17. I’ve Just Told Mama Goodbye
18. Jambalaya
19. Jesus Remembered Me
20. Just Waitin’
21. Just When I Needed You
22. Lovesick Blues
23. Take These Chains From My Heart
24. Thank God
25. The Angel Of Death
26. The Old Log Train
27. The Pale Horse And His rider
28. There’s No Room In My Heart For The Blue
29. There’s Nothing As Sweet As My Baby
30. They’ Ll Never Take Her Love From Me
31. Two Faced Preacher
32. We Live In Two Different Worlds
33. Wealth Won’t Save Your Soul
34. When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels
35. You’re Barkin’ Up The Wrong Tree Now
36. Your Cheating Heart