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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 you've 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 neighbor's 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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