Don't Be Talkin' 'Bout Friends - Acappella

Of all the things to do to a friend

You hurt them by your tongue

Relationships will fatally end

Without a knife or gun

Waitin' till you 're back behind them

Then you put them down

How could you be talkin' 'bout them

When they’re not around?

Don’t be talkin' 'bout friends when they’re not around

Don’t be cuttin' their hearts and puttin' them down

Don’t be temptin' the Lord and makin' Him frown

Don’t be talkin' 'bout your friends when they’re not around

How all the gossip falls on our ears

It doesn’t make much sense

How we can cause the innocent tears

Not helping their defense

Listening, we all should fear it

Listening is wrong

If there were no one to hear it

It could not go on

Repeat Chorus

Too many friendships have been broken

By just a simple, careless word spoken

Repeat Chorus (x2)

Don’t be talkin' down, throwin' down, cuttin' down friends

Why not treat them more like friends (when they’re not around)?

Don’t be saying lots of things, overlook the hurt it brings

Don’t be talkin' bout your friends (when they’re not around)

Scriptural Reference:

«A perverse man stirs up dissention, and a gossip separates close friends.

«Proverbs 16:28