UNLESS YOU'VE MADE NO MISTAKES

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 the stones that you throw.

My 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 she had to say.

That girl down the street should be run from our midst,
She drinks and she talks bad a lot,
And she knows not to speak to my child or to me.
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 the stones that you throw.

A car speeded by and the screaming of brakes
With a sound that made my blood chill--
My neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying so still.

The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out
Awww, who was that brave girl so sweet?
I covered the crushed broken body and said,
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 the stones that you throw.