Interpret:

Randy Travis

Album:

Heroes & Friends

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 barn yard 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

An' you don't drink, no, you don't drink when you drive

It's just a 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 an' 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 a 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