A tongue can accuse and carry bad news   The seeds of distrust it will sow   But unless you've made no mistakes in your life   Be careful of stones that you throw      A neighbor was passing 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      "That bad girl down the street should be run from our midst   She drinks and she talks quite a lot   She knows not to speak to me or my child"   My neighbor then smiled and I thought      A tongue can accuse and carry bad news   The seeds of distrust it will sow   But unless you've made no mistakes in your life   Be careful of stones that you throw      A car speeded by and 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      The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out   "Oh who was that brave girl so sweet?"   I covered the crushed broken body and sad   The bad girl who lived down the street      A tongue can accuse and carry bad news   The seeds of distrust it will sow   But unless you've made no mistakes in your life   Be careful of stones that you throw