Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw

[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 [Verse 1] 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] 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 [Verse 2] A car speeded by and 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 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] 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