Lyrics:

Recorded By Hank Williams, Sr.

written By Bonnie Dodd



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a [f] Tongue Can Accuse And Carry Bad [c] News

the [f] Seeds Of Distrust, It Will [c] Sow

but [f] Unless Youve Made No Mistakes In Your [c] Life

be Careful Of [g7] Stones That You [c] Throw.



(Spoken)

[c] A Neighbor Was Passing My [f] Garden One Time

[c] She Stopped And I Knew Right Away [g7]

that It Was Gossip, Not Flowers, She Had On Her Mind [c]

and This Is What I Heard My Neighbor Say



[c] 'that Girl Down The Street [f] Should Be Run From Our Midst

[c] She Drinks And She Talks Quite A Lot [g7]

she Knows Not To Speak To My Child Or To Me.' [c]

my Neighbor Then Smiled And I Thought



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(Spoken)

a Car Speeded By And The Screamin Of Brakes

a Sound That Made My Blood Chill

for My Neighbors 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

'the Bad Girl Who Lived Down The Street.'



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