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Hank Williams
Hank Williams


Background information
Birth name Hiram King Williams
Born September 17, 1923
Born place Mount Olive, Alabama, United States
Died January 1, 1953
Death place Oak Hill, West Virginia
Origin Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Genre(s) Country
Gospel
Blues
Honky tonk
Folk
Years active 1937—1953
Label(s) MGM Distribution
Associated acts Drifting Cowboys
Website Website



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Hank Williams Lyrics

"Be Careful Of Stones You Throw" lyrics


A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.
A 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 or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.

The car speeded by, the screaming 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 lying still.

Her child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out,
"Oh, who is that brave girl so sweet?"
I covered the crushed, broken body and said,
"That bad girl down the street."

A tongue can accuse or carry bad news;
The seeds of distrust it will sow.
So unless you have made no mistakes in your life,
Be careful of stones that you throw.

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