Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw Lyrics - Porter Wagoner

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