Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw Lyrics - Freedom Highway - The Staple Singers

(So be careful of stones that you throw) 

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