Smokin' the Hive

I was ten years old on my grandpa's farm when it happened After all these years I can still hear grandpa laughin' As he applied that barnyard remedy He passed his wisdom down to me 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 until quarter past ten When the good Lord taught me that lesson again You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive You don't point a pistol before you check each chamber And you don't drink, no, you don't drink when you drive It's just ordinary common sense to avoid that danger You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive Well, she rolled into town with 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 You don't point a pistol before you check each chamber And you don't drink, no, you don't drink when you drive It's just ordinary common sense to avoid that danger And you don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive No, you don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive You're gonna get stung boy --- Smokin' the Hive - Randy Travis and Clint Eastwood