Smokin The Hive--Randy Travis and Clint Eastwood
written by Byron Hill and J. Remington Wilde


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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 gandpa 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


I remember my first crush was on the preacher's daughter
We were smoochin on the front porch swing that night when he caught her
We weren't expectin him home 'til a quarter past ten
When the Good Lord taught me that lesson again
You don't reach for the honey, without smokin the hive


CHORUS:
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You don't point your pistol before you check eacher 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


She rolled into town with the rodeo, she was a beauty
And that cowboy saw you wink at her, she was a cutie
The sound of jinglin spurs caught me dead on a run
He was fit to be tied and you were under the gun
You don't reach for that honey, without smokin the hive

CHORUS

No, you don't reach for the honey without smokin the hive
You're gonna get stung boy

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