Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw

Album

Single

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Ballad

Composer(s)

Bonnie Dodd

Entered Chart

Jul 6, 1963

Peak Date

Aug 3, 1963

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Columbia 4-42810

B-Side

I Can't Believe (That You Don't Love Me Anymore)

(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 
SPOKEN: 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 
SPOKEN: 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