Be Careful of Stones That You Throw

Don't you put it up in D
 My neighbor was passing
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 A tongue can accuse or carry bad news
 The seeds of destruction it will sow
 So unless you have made no mistakes in your life
 Be careful of stones that you throw
 My 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 and carry bad news
 The seeds of destruction it will sow
 So unless you have made no mistakes in your life
 Be careful of stones that you throw
 A car speeded by, the screaming of brakes
 And a sound that made my blood chill
 For my neighbor's one child hadn't been pulled from the path
 And saved by a girl I love still
 Her 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 bad girl down the street"
 A tongue can accuse and carry bad news
 The seeds of destruction were sown
 So unless you have made no mistakes in your life
 Be careful of stones that you, you throw