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Introduction:
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I was ten years old on my grandpa's farm when it happened
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After all these years i can still hear grandpa laughin'
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As he applied that barnyard remedy
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He passed his wisdom down to me
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You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive
Verse 2: (Clint Eastwood)
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I remember my first crush was on the preacher's daughter
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We were smoochin' on the front porch swing that night when he caught her
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We weren't expectin' him home until quarter past ten
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When the good Lord taught me that lesson again
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You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive
Chorus: (Randy Travis,Clint Eastwood)
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You don't point your pistol before you check each chamber
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And you don't drink no you don't drink when you drive
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It's just ordinary common sense to avoid that danger
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You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive
Verse 3: (Randy Travis,Clint Eastwood)
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She rolled into town with rodeo,she was a beauty
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And that cowboy saw you wink at her,she was a cutie
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The sound of jinglin' spurs caught me dead on a run
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He was fit to be tied and you were under the gun
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You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive
Chorus.
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No,you don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive
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