The Staple Singers - Be Careful of Stones That You Throw

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Oh, a tongue can accuse and carry bad news
Gossip is cheap and it’s lo-o-ow
So unless you’ve made no mistakes in your life
Just be careful of stones that you throw
A neighbor was passin' 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 «You know, 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 and me.»
My neighbor then smiled and I thought
Oh, a tongue can accuse and carry bad news
Gossip is cheap and it’s lo-o-ow
But unless you’ve made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw
Just then a car speeded by in the screamin' 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
lyin' 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»
So unless you’ve made no mistakes in your life
Just be careful of stones that you throw