Dion - Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw lyrics

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-peak Billboard position # 31 in 1963<br />

-previously recorded by Hank William, Sr. (as "Luke the Drifter") in<br />

1952<br />

-later recorded by Hank Williams, Jr. and charted at # 37 in 1969<br />

-Words and Music by Bonnie Dodd<br />

(So be careful of stones that you throw)<br />

Oh, a tongue can accuse and carry bad news<br />

Gossip is cheap and it's lo-o-ow<br />

So unless you've made no mistakes in your life<br />

Just be careful of stones that you throw<br />

SPOKEN: A neighbor was passin' my garden one time. She stopped and I<br />

Knew<br />

Right away that it was gossip, not flowers, she had on her mind. And<br />

This is what I<br />

Heard my neighbor say-"You know, that girl down the street should be run<br />

From our<br />

Midst. She drinks and she talks quite a lot. She knows not to speak to<br />

My child<br />

And me." My neighbor then smiled and I thought<br />

Oh, a tongue can accuse and carry bad news<br />

Gossip is cheap and it's lo-o-ow<br />

But unless you've made no mistakes in your life<br />

Be careful of stones that you throw<br />

SPOKEN: Just then a car speeded by in the screamin' of brakes-a sound<br />

That<br />

Made my blood chill. For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from<br />

The path<br />

And saved by a girl lyin' still. The child was unhurt and my neighbor<br />

Cried out "Oh,<br />

Who was that brave girl so sweet?" I covered the crushed broken body<br />

And said<br />

"The bad girl who lived down the street."<br />

So unless you've made no mistakes in your life<br />

Just be careful of stones that you throw